Thread by @maxeden99

Sometimes making MATH about toxic, racist, CRT-indoctrination just isn't enough

For those special moments when schools want to sneak in CHILD SEX ABUSE (with a 'call-parents-RACIST-if-they-object-or-your-money-back-guarantee), there's Maya Angelou Math Homework !!!

Thred 1/x

A few additional context notes.

This homework was assigned in Missouri's Troy R-3, school district, which as far as I can tell is an R+23 partisan split area. It is, with apologies to Jussie Smollet, #MAGA COUNTRY

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This homework was not designed by the school district. It is probably not part of the approved district/state curriculum. It rather appears to be on sale from Teachers Pay Teachers. This raises two additional points of interest .... 3/x

First, as I can tell, this assignment was created in 2013. This scrambles the assumed timeline. It's not quite "CRT-Math" of past 2 years. It's rather #CommonCore Math from almost a decade ago.

The more time passes, the more correct mom-activists look in retrospect 4/x

"Mommy bloggers" and parent activists from a decade ago saw what would flow from the Common Core more clearly than elite experts. The activists were the best analysts. They probably still are today. 5/x

This also relates to discussions about Curriculum and Academic Transparency. Quite a bit of what teachers put in front of students is basically trash they pull from Google/Pinterest/Teachers-Pay-Teachers. #AcademicTransparency would expose this. 6/x

It could, potentially, also then lead to a renaissance in high-quality, direct-instruction, canonical/classical curriculum. Fin.