The alleged mathematics equity activity is a fraud.
Following a number of reports about its leaders in California, it has become clear that the math capital movement is based on flawed study and con artist advocacy.
The occurrence of “math capital” swept the country in recent years, accelerating during and after the COVID- 19 evacuations. At the most basic level, this action is driven by the same attitude that drives the whole diversity, equity, and incorporation movement—that differences in outcomes between groups is a result of structural discrimination and injustice.
Generally, the argument is that the way algebra is taught is prejudiced and is producing injustice. According to one example of equal mathematics instruction, it is” white dominance” for teachers to demand that students” display their work.”
The movement’s philosophical foundation was false at first, but that did n’t stop schools around the country from adopting math equity standards to join in on the national “race reckoning.”
Turns out there was little evidence that initiatives that reduced standards had any kind of beneficial result, even for the individuals they were alleged to be supporting.
People just lodged a long complaint with Stanford University about Jo Boaler, the school’s equity mathematics guru.
Boaler is cited in the problem as having “reckless disrespect for accuracy,” citing 52 alleged misrepresentations of study in her work.
The issue states that “our argument is that Dr. Boaler has misrepresented the results and/or techniques of a number of research papers, and that her falsely asserting that these papers support claims made in her job, when they do not, is a foolish disregard for accuracy.” Stanford claims to conduct studies to gain world, but how would that research benefit society if it is based on inaccurate information?
One of Boaler’s results is cited in the problem, which states that individuals performed better when they received teacher feedback rather than results. This assumption was based on a 1988 review.  ,
However, the Washington Free Beacon noted that the” study did not involve an actual academic school taught over the course of many months—a restriction acknowledged by the article’s author but not by Boaler.”
Boaler refuted the allegations in an interview with Fox Business on Monday. She claimed that the complaint is just the “latest attempt to silence and discredit me.”
Her defense claimed that” an independent party” verified her findings and that those who criticize her work have a different perspective.
The accusers disagree with my interpretation of the cited findings, according to Boaler, who told Fox Business that the majority of their accusations show a lack of understanding of educational research procedures and procedures. ” In my view, and in the view of others who have analyzed their output, this in no way reaches any level of academic misconduct, but rather points to differences in beliefs about education”.
Boaler is n’t just another lefty academic. She’s a math education professor who’s been at the forefront of pushing “equity” in math education.  ,
She was one of the authors of the statewide guideline called the California Mathematics Framework, which promotes social justice. The framework is the cause of San Francisco’s public schools ‘ decision to eliminate algebra from the curriculum in 2014.
Not only that, but Boaler’s work is cited nationally to promote other math equity programs. Her research provides cover for the movement by presenting thin evidence that ideologically motivated curriculum is effective.
Accordingto the New York Post, Boaler gets”$ 5, 000 an hour for Zoom consultations”.
The California math equity establishment was also the victim of this scandal in the previous month. Yolande Beckles, a woman who has worked as a math equity consultant in the Golden State for years, was recently covered by the online publication Pirate Wires. The Parent Advisory Committee of the Los Angeles Unified School District is now led by Bettles.
She has pushed for the abandonment of gifted math programs in San Francisco schools in the name of equity.
According to a report from Pirate Wires, Beckles was actually a reality TV star in the early 2000s who “left her native United Kingdom with 19 standing court judgments levying almost £70, 000]$ 75, 845] in fines at her failed businesses and a front-page exposé revealing that she had defrauded underprivileged school children of £12, 000]$ 12, 999]”.
Beckles is” set to give a webinar at Stanford next month with Jo Boaler”, Pirate Wires reported.
Despite the influence of authors like Boaler and Beckles, San Francisco will still offer eighth-graders algebra instruction.  ,
Voters in early March overwhelmingly supported a ballot initiative that demanded the return of algebra. The tally was 83, 916 votes to 16, 105, according to an education news site, The 74.
San Francisco schools are back on track and making wise decisions, according to city board of supervisors member Ahsha Safa, a co-sponsor of the ballot measure.  ,
It’s good to see San Francisco’s leaders return to common sense. It only took them 10 years.
Before the ballot measure was passed, the San Francisco Unified School District had already made the decision to reinstate algebra, but as we’ve learned, education is too crucial to be left to educated people.
What should be obvious, if it was n’t already, is that the math equity movement’s foundation is n’t really in improving outcomes for students.
It’s based on a desire to create equal outcomes, regardless of outcome. It’s not about ensuring that, say, black and Hispanic students achieve higher math proficiency. Making them feel better is what it’s about, even if it means losing out to other students.
That system may be advantageous for those who receive a stamp of approval from the educational system and are pushed up the ladder of success regardless of merit. However, it is disastrous for society because identity and ideology are prioritized over competence.
What happens if a society accepts this standard for multiple generations as well?
The outcome is comparable to what took place in the Soviet Union. Sure, there were still plenty of intelligent and clever people at the top, but failure, dysfunction, and cynical complacency became generally endemic.
The result was decay and collapse.
The” soft bigotry of low expectations” movement in America is merely a codification of the math equity movement. The data behind it is flimsy, and the ethos is worse.
