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SHOCK: Chicago Teachers Union President Explains How To Use Math To Teach Social Justice - [WATCH]

Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, implored her audience of public educators to promote social justice by politicizing math.

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Chicago Teachers Union President Explains How To Use Math To Teach Social Justice

By Steve Straub On May 1, 2014 · 216 Comments · In Education, Video


The left thinks the sole purpose of public education is to indoctrinate children into accepting progressive values, teaching social justice and to create new Democrats. It’s why sending your children to public schools is increasingly becoming parental malpractice.

Via Truth Revolt:

Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, spoke at the Network for Public Education conference in Austin, Texas, recently and implored her audience of public educators to promote social justice by politicizing math.
Giving a nod to her fellow Milwaukee Teachers Union president and liberal activist pal Bob Peterson, Lewis explained how to promote social justice in math word problems, such as changing “Johnny” to “José” and instead of writing “Johnny buys some pencils,” change it to, “José works in a factory.”
Lewis said:
You want to talk about organizing? You want to talk about social justice? Can I just use a Bob Peterson story, a quick one?
People always talk about that there’s no politics and values in math — that you can teach math and there’s no place for social justice. So let me tell you how Bob deals with that. Everyone has seen that story problem that says, “Johnny has five pencils and if he spent two cents for the red pencil, then eight cents for the green pencils and he’s got 47 cents, how many pencils can he buy?” We’ve all seen that, right? That’s a very political statement because it’s all about consumerism. It’s about buying stuff, right?
Bob Peterson tells them about José working in a factory making piecemeal clothes. He uses the same numbers and gets the same answer. And yes, math is political, too. Sisters and brothers, don’t fall for the okey doke. Don’t let people tell you there’s one way to do anything.

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What do you think of attempts by the left to politicize math to teach social justice?

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