Thread by @ariblaff

The second installment of my investigation into Ontario's public school system dropped today.

As provincial math scores plummeted, leading math educators have doubled down on their embrace of 'Woke Math' denying it is a political movement at all.

This piece exposes this farce.

https://twitter.com/NRO/status/1640359870586056704

'Woke Math' evangelists cast political Others as the handmaidens of white supremacy – in urgent need of social ostracization and banishment – for believing in the apolitical nature of math and standardized test scores.

They do not offer room for debate or disagreement.

The doctrine is undergirded by Critical Consciousness, an approach pioneered by Paulo Freire.

The philosophy is avowedly Marxist and frames social relations as a zero-sum conflict between the oppressed and oppressor.

What this has to do with basic math remains unclear.

Math educators are encouraged to include teachings from textbooks that teach the field of mathematics for social justice to empower students “to confront and solve real-world challenges they face” as well as to “learn to use mathematics as a tool for social change.”

Every case study the textbook cites applies unambiguously to a progressive cause.

As always, those who define the boundaries of admissible ideas are exclusively progressive. You will never see a conservative math example about free markets or pro-life for diversity's sake.

That is because 'Woke Math' has obtained the Truth and those who do not believe agree are simply anachronistic racists.

See below for the list of things one is a 'white supremacist' for supporting or even uttering.

Leading provincial educators openly tout that they want to turn your children into "co-conspirators" for social justice and agents of change.

This is not healthy for learning environments and instills a fundamentalist's sense that the world is black-and-white.

Many anonymously acknowledged that such educators are "well-intentioned" but confessed, that the climate has deteriorated leaving people fearing for their jobs and livelihoods.

One teacher: "These are things that if students want to get passionate about, that's great. But it's not something that should be the focus of school."

Another: If this "get out, I’m done.”

Ontario schools have become Orwellian places plagued by groupthink.

Hopefully, @jonkay @ChanLPfa @spaikin @DMillardHaskell @jordanbpeterson can get this in front of @fordnation and @Sflecce to bring about some common-sense solutions.

This is not about opposing social justice but about opposing the politicization of learning for children.

Plus #OntEd.

Stand up against political intolerance and the mission creep of ideology into your kid's class.

So many silent teachers are rightfully fearful of speaking up. As always, I echo my appreciation for the unique struggles many face at this moment.