She's a Stanford professor of math education who's arguably most responsible for the new California Math Framework — a set of curriculum recommendations that advocate against teaching algebra to most of the state's gifted middle-schoolers in the name of equity. But she's sent her own children to a $48,000/year private school that teaches its middle schoolers algebra, and now she's accused of significantly distorting citations in her research to support conclusions the original studies never reached. Much of this research underpins the new Framework. Meet Jo Boaler, California's architect of "equity-based algebra" in @metaversehell's piece today 👇
@PirateWires This child illustrates two opposing camps: Fantasy and Realistic Fantasy Camp believes any member can be brought up to meet or exceed <insert litmus test> Realistic Camp believes only its inherently capable members can be brought up to meet or exceed <insert litmus test>
@Y_Contributor @PirateWires All I see is a very young child being robbed of his childhood. I can see teaching skills to a child, but this is much too young. We were still playing Barbies & Matchboxes & Heman & G.I. Joe & building forts & tree houses up to the age of 12/13... and started learning skills @ 8!
@Y_Contributor @PirateWires Also illustrates that asian kids are the cutest.
@Y_Contributor @PirateWires That kid’s like eleven years old
@Y_Contributor @PirateWires This is so precious.