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The Oregon Department of Education Offers “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction” Course to Its Teachers on February 21
Without comment--and no grammatical, punctuation, wording changes--what follows is a sampling from the 82-page antiracist "A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: *** “White supremacy culture infiltrates math classroom in everyday teacher action. Coupled with the...
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Illinois’s “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards”: The End of Learning as We’ve Known It
Make no mistake, these “Culturally Responsive Standards” have nothing to do with reading, writing, or math, but, on February 16, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules of the Illinois General Assembly approved them anyway—and they’re on track to go national....
Policy Changes on the Way with Biden and the Democrats Now at the Helm
1. A recent John Fritze USA Today piece headlines with “Biden Eyes High Court Panel,” and continued by saying he would proceed via a “bipartisan” commission to study Supreme Court reforms. At the same time, eight progressive organizations have joined to...
The Oregon Department of Education Offers “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction” Course to Its Teachers on February 21
Without comment--and no grammatical, punctuation, wording changes--what follows is a sampling from the 82-page antiracist "A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: *** “White supremacy culture infiltrates math classroom in everyday teacher action. Coupled with the...
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