(12-09-2021 10:17 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  racist math

Hundreds of university professors slammed a 'woke' math movement that eliminates calculus in favor of social justice principles, saying the curriculum leaves children unprepared for higher education and puts the US at a global disadvantage.

The missive, titled 'Open Letter on K-12 Mathematics,' was published December 6 and signed by 746 math teachers and professors, including many from Ivy League schools.

Mathematics needs to be taught with more rigor in primary education, without question. I'm fine with modifying how it is taught, so long as its primary goal (and actual outcome) is to better prepare students for advanced math ESPECIALLY calculus. But they also need to destigmatize math as being hard or unnecessary.

I can't tell you how many college students I or my wife have talked to who want to go into a technical field like engineering and admit that they intentionally avoided (or are avoiding) calculus or calculus-based physics. It's crazy!