The framework provides voluntary guidelines to teachers and textbook publishers on how to teach the state’s academic standards. “I hope the outcome (of the framework) will be to give schools and districts more latitude to develop math courses and sequences that excite students and help draw more of them into STEM fields or to sophisticated math, no matter what they choose to do in life,” said Pamela Burdman, executive director of Just Equations, a nonprofit that promotes policies that prepare students with quantitative skills to succeed in college.Ĭalifornia math curriculum spurs new controversy about accelerated learning The goals of making math more accessible and high achievement are an artificial dichotomy, he said. “We really see equity as the future for better math learning for all students in California,” said Brian Lindaman, co-faculty director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Instruction at Chico State, and the lead of five authors of the framework. The goal, they say, is to make math interesting and relevant to students who have found it inaccessible and impenetrable. The State Board is expected to adopt the final version in July.Īdvocates of the new guidance hope the changes will shift the focus away from criticism that the drafters sought to sacrifice rigor in the name of social justice. It took 10 months, with hundreds of line edits and more substantial rewriting based on public comments and recommendations by a commission advising the State Board of Education, to revise this one. With that controversy clarified, the addition of a couple of chapters and the deletion of politically charged references to racism behind past math policies and practices, the framework has now begun its third, and presumably final, 60-day review process. Personal contact information, such as emails, phone numbers, and addresses, will be redacted. All comments will be made available to the members of the State Board of Education. The public will have through May 16 to submit comments, preferably by email, to To provide a comment by physical mail, send to Instructional Quality Commission 1430 N Street, Room 3207 Sacramento, CA 95814.
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