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Mathematics Education Through the Lens of Social Justice: Acknowledgment, Actions, and Accountability.
Mathematics Education Through the Lens of Social Justice: Acknowledgment, Actions, and Accountability. A joint position statement from the
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and TODOS: Mathematics for ALL
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The National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) and TODOS: Mathematics for ALL (TODOS) ratify social justice as a key priority in the access to, engagement with, and advancement in mathematics education for our
country’s youth.

What Is Social Justice in Mathematics Education?
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continuous labeling of children’s readiness to learn mathematics via standardized tests and other institutional tools that position and sanction specific forms of mathematics knowledge. As early as pre-school and kindergarten, research and policy documents use deficit-oriented labels such as “maladaptive” and “immature” strategies to describe black, Latina/o, and poor children’s mathematical learning and position them as already behind their white and middle class peers [...] Mathematics achievement, often measured by standardized tests, has been used as a gatekeeping tool to sort and rank students by race, class, and gender starting in elementary school [...] This is because of a pervasive misguided belief that students must “master the basics” (e.g., know the times tables or “basic facts”) prior to engaging with complex
problems solving. tracking in the United States is unique in its early formal introduction in middle school and splintering of the curriculum leaving students placed in lower tracks with less access to rigorous curriculum
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http://www.todos-math.org/assets/docs2016/2016Enews/3.pospaper16_wtodos_8pp.pdf
http://todos-math.org

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