mekka okereke Apr 16, 2023

San Francisco's decision to delay Algebra for all students until the 9th grade in the name of "equity," is a really bad one. Black parents didn't ask for this, and this strategy won't achieve the equity that they're looking for.

Hard to accept: A lot of "anti-woke" people believe that being woke is all just a lot of bad decisions like this. This belief is due to framing by the far-right: any bad policy is "woke." I help them understand that Black families don't want this and didn't ask for it.

Show threadRachel Rawlings
@mekkaokereke I didn't get algebra until 9th grade in Philadelphia schools. In fact, it was taught over two years in my Catholic school, so when I switched midway to public school, where they taught trig to Juniors, I was in serious trouble because my geometry was stunted at the 8th-grade level.
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Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmApr 17, 2023
@LinuxAndYarn @mekkaokereke true everywhere. In my experience the math teachers in small towns in WI dont know math. They hire math teachers w football coaching experience instead of math degrees. Its frightening how far behind the average US student is. Rich suburbs and private schools get the better math.