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How Public Schools’ ‘Equity’ Policies Make It Impossible For Students To Succeed
Kamaji:
--- Quote from: mountaineer on May 23, 2023, 11:01:03 pm ---Nancy Pearcey
@NancyRPearcey
Rochelle Gutiérrez (U of Illinois): Math perpetuates white privilege because it is Eurocentric.
"Curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks & other Europeans."
4:19 PM · May 23, 2023
Gordon Waugh
@boboosta
I was in a meeting with college educators. I said, “Well, there’s been quite a lot of research on that topic that contradicts your statement.” The speaker responded: “We cannot believe that because the scientific method was invented by white men.”
5:16 PM · May 23, 2023
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