The Oregon Department of Education is promoting and encouraging its educators to register for a course that likens modern math instruction to the “toxic characteristics of white supremacy culture.”

A newsletter sent by the government body last week included the mention of a course titled “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction,” which teachers may partake in on Feb. 21. The program seeks to align educators with the “path to math equity” through exploring “ethnomathematics” with “culturally relevant, antiracist pedagogy, practices, and curriculum.”