mathematics

The Battle Over Algebra (and Equity) – HotAir

The article published today by the NY Times is titled “The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National Flashpoint.” So what is the Algebra problem exactly? If you dive in to that question you quickly discover that the problem isn’t algebra at all. Nothing is wrong with Algebra it remains a class that […]

Stanford Professor Behind California’s New Equity-Focused Math Curriculum Accused of Bogus Citations – HotAir

Someone should really make a documentary about this. A “rock-star” Stanford Education professor who helped inspire math de-tracking in San Francisco and who subsequently helped re-write the California math curriculum with an emphasis on equity has been accused of dozens of cases of “citation misrepresentation.”  A Stanford University professor, whose research was credited with inspiring […]