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Racism in our curriculums isn’t limited to history. It’s in math, too.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:06 am
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:06 am
Opinions | Racism in our curriculums isn’t limited to history. It’s in math, too.
Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial race revealed that the education wars will play a major role in politics for the foreseeable future. Debates over how history gets taught in schools and universities are increasingly framed in relation to “critical race theory,” a term that has been used to mean almost anything. However, the conversations are difficult even in subjects such as math, which is perceived, incorrectly, as a neutral space outside the reach of structural racism and national histories.
These tensions become clear when teaching RSA encryption, the algorithm that runs on your phone to prevent hackers from stealing your credit card number. Learning about RSA encryption is usually preceded by lessons on Euclid’s Algorithm and the Chinese Remainder Theorem (which, ironically, shares an acronym with critical race theory, CRT).
The juxtaposition is jarring: The Greek scholar Euclid (300 B.C.) gets his name attached to an algorithm, while a Chinese scholar’s identity is erased, his work reduced to his nationality. This dichotomy reveals the racial assumptions hidden in seemingly apolitical subjects and how the biases of the past are embedded in the present.
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:08 am to djmed
Woke Math Education Reform Is Too Dangerous To Ignore | Opinion
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More than 700 educators, engineers and scientists, including winners of the Turing Award in computing and Nobel laureates, have signed an open letter about the future of K-12 math education. They are alarmed by the dangerous trend of woke reform in public schools. Their letter warns this trend will negatively affect students and the U.S. economy in the long run.
The letter's signatories are especially concerned about the newly revised California Mathematics Framework (CMF), a document that aims to radically reform K-12 mathematics education in the name of equity. CMF is problematic in many respects, but what troubles educators and scientists most is its proposal to postpone Algebra I to 9th grade and encourage more students to take a less rigorous "data science" pathway for grades 9-12.
A U.S. Department of Education study found that the timing of Algebra I matters. Algebra I is a "gatekeeper" course, laying the foundation for students to take higher-level mathematics and science courses. Research confirms that "early access to Algebra has an effect beyond simple increased knowledge measures and, in fact, may 'socialize' a student into taking more mathematics, regulating access both to advanced coursework and increased achievement in high school." No wonder countries such as China and Singapore teach algebra as early as 6th grade. Those countries' students consistently outperform U.S. students in math.
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© Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
More than 700 educators, engineers and scientists, including winners of the Turing Award in computing and Nobel laureates, have signed an open letter about the future of K-12 math education. They are alarmed by the dangerous trend of woke reform in public schools. Their letter warns this trend will negatively affect students and the U.S. economy in the long run.
The letter's signatories are especially concerned about the newly revised California Mathematics Framework (CMF), a document that aims to radically reform K-12 mathematics education in the name of equity. CMF is problematic in many respects, but what troubles educators and scientists most is its proposal to postpone Algebra I to 9th grade and encourage more students to take a less rigorous "data science" pathway for grades 9-12.
A U.S. Department of Education study found that the timing of Algebra I matters. Algebra I is a "gatekeeper" course, laying the foundation for students to take higher-level mathematics and science courses. Research confirms that "early access to Algebra has an effect beyond simple increased knowledge measures and, in fact, may 'socialize' a student into taking more mathematics, regulating access both to advanced coursework and increased achievement in high school." No wonder countries such as China and Singapore teach algebra as early as 6th grade. Those countries' students consistently outperform U.S. students in math.
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:10 am to djmed
The process of invention that has created all of the wonders of technology, medicine and modern prosperity must be racist too. Where would we be without it?
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:19 am to djmed
Because numbers are systemically racist.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:20 am to djmed
History isn't racist. Neither is math. You're welcome.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:20 am to djmed
So it was correctly attributed to the Chinese community, but that's still racist? And that's the best they can come up with in the field of mathematics?
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:24 am to djmed
Math is the most black and white subject there is. You're either right or wrong. There is no room for interpretation in Math. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD HOW CAN THAT BE RACIST?
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:31 am to djmed
I mean the title is a little misleading but the rest of the article explains what they mean and it makes sense. It’s not saying 2+2 is racist, it’s saying certain terminology and not naming certain things after the people that created them are.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:32 am to Chimlim
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Math is the most black and white subject there is.
Black and white?!
BLACK AND WHITE!!!
OMG!!!
Dat's wasis.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:32 am to djmed
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Learning about RSA encryption is usually preceded by lessons on Euclid’s Algorithm and the Chinese Remainder Theorem (which, ironically, shares an acronym with critical race theory, CRT)
Oh just stfu
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:33 am to djmed
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The juxtaposition is jarring: The Greek scholar Euclid (300 B.C.) gets his name attached to an algorithm, while a Chinese scholar’s identity is erased, his work reduced to his nationality.
The Chinese guy's name was Ho Lee Fuk!
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:40 am to djmed
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The Greek scholar Euclid (300 B.C.) gets his name attached to an algorithm, while a Chinese scholar’s identity is erased, his work reduced to his nationality. This dichotomy reveals the racial assumptions hidden in seemingly apolitical subjects and how the biases of the past are embedded in the present.
Oh for fricks sake, like that black kid in inner city Chicago getting shot at every night gives a frick who the guy was that created an algorithm. Whether he's Greek or Chineese isn't going to save his life or make a difference in his education. If he's made it that far, someone not woke probably saved his arse, and he's probably called dad.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:46 am to djmed
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Racism in our curriculums isn’t limited to history. It’s in math, too.
But you could bet your arse that the first person to "step on Mars" will be a black woman.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:49 am to geauxturbo
It doesn’t really matter if a person cares or not it’s school so all the information should be presented factually lmao.
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:50 am to djmed
anything difficult that takes effort = racism
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:31 am to djmed
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The juxtaposition is jarring: The Greek scholar Euclid (300 B.C.) gets his name attached to an algorithm, while a Chinese scholar’s identity is erased, his work reduced to his nationality.
Probably because the first was actually completed/proved by the Greek fellow, and the second was worked on/completed by multiple people over time.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:33 am to TheHarahanian
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Because numbers are systemically racist.
'They're also sexist.' ...Barbie, 1991
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:36 am to djmed
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while a Chinese scholar’s identity is erased, his work reduced to his nationality.
We should hold responsible the people who did that to him!
What?
No way….
Those people are our Chinese Overlords?
Guess we gotta blame someone
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:40 am to djmed
this is nothing to do with the math,
it 's all about who is getting credit for discovery
it 's all about who is getting credit for discovery
Posted on 12/8/21 at 11:05 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Probably because the first was actually completed/proved by the Greek fellow, and the second was worked on/completed by multiple people over time.
This is the correct answer.
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