for fuck's sake, people. this is fake. quit getting mad at screenshots
To be honest, now that I look at it? The reality is very different and just as fucking grim.
Stand for Children Oregon and ECOnorthwest held a press conference earlier this morning to discuss new data that shows that Oregon is fallin
Oregon is changing how it measures student success statewide.
They are in fact setting new standards! that are, in a very real way, hideously low.
Regular attendance
Third-grade English language arts proficiency
Ninth-grade on-track rate for graduation
Graduation rates overall
Five-year completion rate, which includes students earning a GED or diploma
Kindergarten-second grade attendance
Eighth-grade math proficiency
I'm not saying that the apparent satire treated as truty is true, as it was in fact satire. All I'm saying is that the new minimums are pretty damn bad. And that's the baseline they're trying to get back up TO.
I thought that was a feminized James Gunn at first.
also this was missed
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A new debate has emerged over the controversial topic of white supremacy and racism in school math instruction
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently sent a newsletter to math educators in the state. The newsletter contained information about a virtual micro-course in math equity instruction that teachers could sign up for. It was titled "Pathway to Math Equity Micro Course 2.0: Valuing and elevating student discourse in the math classroom." The course was provided by A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction, an entity focused on dismantling racism in mathematics instruction.
The course offering started to garner headlines, as some wondered how a topic like math instruction could be rooted in racism or white supremacy.
A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction does offer an 82-page workbook on how teachers can "examine their actions, beliefs, and values around teaching mathematics." The group claims white supremacy culture can show up in the classroom in various ways, including when "the focus is on getting the 'right' answer," and when "students are required to 'show their work.'"
The group also says educators should try to "center ethnomathematics" by identifying and challenging the ways that "math is used to uphold capitalist, imperialist, and racist views." _________________________
Which just speaking as someone with dyslexia that hits me on every possible front reading, writing, arithmetic, and beyond fuck everything about this.
How about they focus on those of us with actual learning disabilities instead of docolonizing math and saying that "the focus is on getting the 'right' answer," is "white supremacy culture"
I'm glad the ladies that checked the computers to be its math was right for getting us to the moon weren't held back by white supremacy culture.
having just read over the relevant sections of this workbook, what it criticises is focusing on getting the right answer AT THE EXPENSE OF understanding the overall reasoning and concepts. knowing that 8x8 = 64 because you've memorised the times table is not the same as knowing how to multiply 8 by 8 to get 64. what we want, ideally, is the latter. i would agree that it's dumb to act like this methodology is somehow reinforcing "white supremacy," but there is a sound argument to be made that one should focus on why a given answer is correct, not just what the answer is
also, regarding students showing their work:
so again, their point isn't that you shouldn't ask students to show their work. their point is that you should do so with a mind towards understanding their process and helping them to learn, not simply comparing their process to your process and calling it a mistake if they differ. again, is this white supremacy? no. nevertheless, there's a far more reasonable discussion to be had here than there is about "students shouldn't have to show their work in mathematics"
let me ask you something. have you read the workbook in question? when you saw this article, did you think "hmm, i wonder if it really does say those things?" and take a look to find out? or did you just accept the cliffsnotes provided by those incentivised to make it look outrageous?
