Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Campus Reform - Illinois University Prof Rochelle Gutierrez: Algebra, geometry perpetuate white privilege





A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites.
Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois, made the claim in a new anthology for math teachers, arguing that teachers must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society. ...