Missouri Education Watchdog: Follow Up Story on Slaves Picking Oranges in Math Lessons

Missouri Education Watchdog: Follow Up Story on Slaves Picking Oranges in Math Lessons:

Follow Up Story on Slaves Picking Oranges in Math Lessons

by stlgretchen

Do you remember the outcry about the math word problems for third graders which used slaves picking oranges? The example was used to integrate history lessons into math, one of the goals of common core standards. The parents of the students were outraged that slaves would be used in the math problems and that math shouldn't be taught in that manner. We agreed but wondered if this was because of the push of common core standards and that history must be worked into mathematics because the time to