Guest Post: Politics Driving Math Classes
by Robert PondiscioSeptember 5th, 2011
Today’s post is by Laurie H. Rogers, a member of the executive committee for Where’s the Math? and author of “Betrayed: How the Education Establishment Has Betrayed America and What You Can Do About It.” She blogs at Betrayed (http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/) where this post also appears.
Several days ago, someone sent me an article on “teaching math for social justice.” I actually hit my desk while reading it, narrowly missing the cat. I shouldn’t read things like that first thing in the morning. It raises my blood pressure and gets the next 12 hours off to a bad start.
In the article, teaching math for social justice isn’t about math or justice; it’s about