In Seattle, math is cultural appropriation

Published October 23, 2019 5:12pm ET



In Seattle public schools, educators want to drag math into the social justice war.

By next fall, leaders in the Seattle school district hope to implement a “K-12 Math Ethnic Studies Framework,” which will explore how Western mathematics can “disenfranchise people and communities of color” and analyze “the ways in which ancient mathematical knowledge has been appropriated by Western culture.”

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