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Stanford Professor Jo Boaler Explains California's Proposed Math Instruction Guidelines

Stanford Professor Jo Boaler Explains California's Proposed Math Instruction Guidelines

KQED's Forum

November 30, 202155m 45s

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Earlier this year, California proposed an overhaul of its K-12 math teaching guidelines to address racial and economic disparities in math achievement. The draft proposal recommends de-emphasizing calculus, detracking some students and incorporating data science and equity and inclusion into math instruction. Critics say that the framework, which is an optional set of guidelines and not a new curriculum, politicizes math. We talk to Stanford professor Jo Boaler, a member of the committee which drafted the guidelines, about the proposed framework.

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