Schools across the country have made considerable efforts to incorporate aspects of critical race theory into math curricula, often by modifying achievement standards and student expectations.
several dozen math textbooks from its list of approved books on the grounds that they contained substantial racial or social justice content. The department initially pulled 54 books from use for review before later approving several of them.
Butcher noted that in 2021, California adopted a series of changes to its math standards, and included in the changes was a section on"teaching for equity and engagement." He says the stated goal of race-based math standards is to close the math achievement gap between racial groups. So-called"equitable math" has received substantial funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. On the websiteDismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction,The foundation does not list"equitable math" among its listed grant recipients, but it did"to support equitable math educational opportunities and outcomes" to the University of Texas at Austin's Charles E. Dana Center in July 2021.
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