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Woke math? How critical race theory found its way into math curriculum

by Jeremiah Poff


School s across the country have made considerable efforts to incorporate aspects of critical race theory into math curricula, often by modifying achievement standards and student expectations.

Once seen as immune from politicization, the indubitably rigid subject of mathematics has become the target of several endeavors to approach the topic through a racialized lens. The programs keep the basics of a right-and-wrong math answer, but they will change programs and testing protocols in order to achieve a less racially disparate outcome.

In June, Minneapolis Public Schools approved over $2 million worth of contracts for an elementary school math curriculum that would “contribute to an understanding of ethnic, racial and cultural diversity representative of the student demographics in MPS,” according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon


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