“...math professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Marina Ratner...”
She’s a woman math prof from Berkely, I’m thinking that makes it almost impossible that she is in any way a conservative.
Which is good, because this nonsense needs to go and one shouldn’t have to be a conservative to see that.
In fact, I think this is a good example of something that can provide common ground for those who still have common sense. It’s those who would rule us and who think we work for them who support this.
“Which is good, because this nonsense needs to go and one shouldn’t have to be a conservative to see that.”
One would be very HARD PRESSED to find a legitimate math or other STEM professor who has anything good to say about the mathematical proficiency of students entering college.
And THEY ALL say it to people on a personal level...and then they all (or nearly all) retreat to their classrooms and they live with it.
The curriculums used in Common Core math are virtually NO DIFFERENT than what’s been in use for the past two decades, at least. They are HORRENDOUS. And if you look at the authors, you will ONLY find “Education” and related professors writing these “math” books, no MATHEMATICIANS at all.