VA: Is This The Path To Math Equity
Virginia is working on a new "math path," and conservative news outlets have gone off.
The initiative itself is loaded with the usual bureaucratic argle bargle, like
Through collaboration with other stakeholders across the Commonwealth, the VMPI state task force will make suggestions for institutional changes that will strengthen the alignment between K-12 and higher education mathematics while ensuring that students are better prepared for college and career success.The goals include math jargonny ones like "Empower students to be active participants in a quantitative world" and ed-speak ones like "Encourage students to see themselves as knowers and doers of math" and also worthwhile ones like "Improve equity in mathematics learning opportunities."
Fox and Breitbart and the Washington Examiner and a host of other stars in the right wing constellation are upset because, in its current form, the plan eliminates advanced math coursework in the early grades.
The handwringing is calculated to stir the usual audience members. Out of the five goals and CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: VA: Is This The Path To Math Equity