Florida rejects math books with 'references' to critical race theory

[Happy Hoosier]

33. Hmmm....

I read though bits of it.

Many good ideas there, though I would not characterize many of teh practices criticized as racist, much less "white supremacist."

For example, the text criticizes valuing "procedural fluency" over "conceptual knowledge."

That's a good criticism. But the text declares that that this reflects white supremacy? Why!? It's just shitty pedagogy. There is nothing inherently "white supremacist" about it. East Asian approaches to math are even more procedurally rigid than is typical in the U.S.

OTOH, the book also criticizes equating language proficiency with Mathematical ability. That DOES have some racist roots.

I think the book's emphasis on racism here is a little misguided in parts.