An alarming trend in K-12 math education: a guest post and an open letter
I started reading the California Math Framework but stopped partway through the intro, when I got to the part that says:<p>&gt; we reject ideas of natural gifts and talents<p>It must be nice to think about a world in which every child is an equally-capable blank slate. But we do not live in that world. We live in a world where some people are tall, and somewhat more likely to be successful basketball players. And some people find math easy, and are somewhat more likely to succeed in math.<p>When you start out with flawed assumptions, it&#x27;s not surprising when your prescriptions (no advanced math for anyone!) are foolish and counterproductive.