RESOURCES
for
Ep 15. Modern relevance in the math curriculum
with Brian Conrad
The transcript for this episode is here.
You can listen to the episode here: Chalk & Talk Podcast.
Brian Conrad’s public comments on the CMF
Brian Conrad’s public comments on the CMF
Article in The Atlantic
California's Math Misadventure Is About to Go National by Brian Conrad
Articles and programs mentioned in the episode
Nova’s The Proof (Fermat’s Last Theorem)
Richard P. Feynman: Judging books by their covers
The Calculus Project by Adrian Mims
The Algebra Project by Bob Moses
Dallas ISD's Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in its Honors Classes
Replacing the Calculus Track for Middletown Students Sparks Questions and a Petition from Parents
Opinion: Middletown's Misguided Math Wars
CMF and California State Standards
California Mathematics Framework
UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) minutes
The July BOARS minutes confirm that BOARS unanimously voted to revoke allowing data science courses to validate Algebra II.
CSU Senate resolution
CSU Senate resolution January 19-20
The resolution from the California State University system faculty regarding the UCLA data science course (Introduction to Data Science).
Open letters on the CMF
Open letter on K-12 mathematics (signed by over 1700 quantitative professionals)
Data science and the high school math curriculum (signed by almost 450 California STEM higher education faculty)
On San Francisco's anti-acceleration policies
Inequity in Numbers - Call for an Investigation: The Reality Behind SFUSD's Self-Promoted Math Course Sequence (Families for San Francisco)
SFUSD’s 10-year experiment in banning 8th-grade Algebra I and other anti-acceleration policies are now the subject of a lawsuit by parents. The following clip from the May 23, 2023 SFUSD Board meeting shows the superintendent acknowledging that their approach to math is not working. (Full video is here: SFUSD May 23 Meeting. This clip starts at 2:20:04.)
Credit to Jazmin Boisclair for this helpful resource page.