Colleges offer 'social justice' math classes for students, future teachers
Central Washington University, Bates College, and Swarthmore will each offer a math course this school year that draws from "social justice" ideology.
Bates College and the University of West Georgia train future teachers to use "social justice" in their math lessons.
Angela Morabito | Higher Education Fellow and Spokeswoman
Monday, October 18, 2021 2:28 AM
This school year, colleges around the country will teach students to use math to drive a "social justice" agenda. Campus Reform has found several courses, aimed both at math students and future teachers, that will teach math through social justice and social justice through math.
Central Washington University’s “Mathematics for Social Justice,” identified by Twitter user @OrwellNGoode, purports to teach students how, and why, to use math for social justice activism. The course description says, “The overarching goal of this course is for students to develop the ability and inclination to use mathematics to understand, and improve, the world around us, exploring social, political, and economic justice.” Students will use math and analysis to “draw conclusions concerning social justice issues,” “make and evaluate assumptions in a social justice context,” and “analyze and critique social justice claims and arguments.”