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Jelani Nelson and Tom Loveless on the California Math Framework

Jelani Nelson and Tom Loveless on the California Math Framework

FromThe Report Card with Nat Malkus


Jelani Nelson and Tom Loveless on the California Math Framework

FromThe Report Card with Nat Malkus

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On July 12th, the California State Board of Education adopted a new math framework that will affect the way math is taught for the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools and has the potential to influence the way math is taught at the national level.On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with two of the framework’s critics, Jelani Nelson and Tom Loveless, about the framework, its intellectual origins, what they think it gets wrong, whether it is equitable, and what it will mean for California's students. Jelani Nelson is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.Tom Loveless is an education researcher and former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.Show Notes:California Math FrameworkCalifornia Adopts Controversial New Math Framework. Here’s What’s in ItCalifornia’s New Math Framework Doesn’t Add UpAnalysis and Critique of California Math Frameworks Revisions (CMF)UC Berkeley, Stanford Professors Face Controversy, Debate State Math CurriculumCalifornia Students Are Struggling in Math. Will Reforms Make the Problem Worse?The Divider: Jo Boaler of Stanford Is Leading the Math-Instruction Revolution. Critics Say Her Claims Don’t Always Add Up.
Released:
Sep 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Report Card with Nat Malkus is the education podcast of the American Enterprise Institute. It is a hub for discussing innovative work to improve education – from early childhood to higher education – and the lives of America’s children. It evaluates research, policy, and practice efforts to improve the lives of families, schools and students. The Report Card seeks to engage with everyone who is interested in education in an accessible way. It brings guests that are doing compelling work across a spectrum from high level policy changes to innovations at the classroom level, work that will start conversations about improving education and the lives of children more broadly. Each episode lets listeners – policymakers, teachers, and parents –learn relevant information that they can use in their efforts to improve education.