Using Math to Examine Complex Issues Impacting Society

A course that helps students use math in a practical way to examine a complex issue impacting society? I didn't know about this addition to the https://t.co/kxmsGZpLTb curriculum but it's awesome! Now @dailymail carefree attitude abt facts? Not so much. https://t.co/JLCnZBtpcV

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2023

Shall we?

First, @dailymail called the #1619Project a "controversial activist organization." What? The 1619 Project is a work of journalism. There literally is no 1619 Project organization. There is the NYT that published it, and Pulitzer Center that makes curriculum.

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2023

"Over a four-week course, students will cover a series of objectives aiming to answer the 'essential question' of the curriculum: 'Should reparations be paid for the United States’ use of enslaved labor? If so, what is the basis of those payments?'" How is this bad?

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2023

It does not say students will be forced to learn why reparations are owed, but instead asks them to study the question, find and weight evidence, and come up with an answer -- the quest seems to be a great example of how a classical education works, no?

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2023

"American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Ian Rowe, hitting out at the course for pushing divisive ideas on children.'Students taking Reparations Math learn no opposing viewpoints,' he said." I would love to see his evidence of what has been taught in this brand-new class.

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2023

How does an alleged journalist write an entire article without reaching out to a single person involved in the curriculum? Because actual reporting helps you not make silly mistakes, like not seeing this unit was created by a cohort group in a single city. https://t.co/s0rfJp9Dio

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2023