Paper swaps out ‘racist math’ headline after backlash
USA Today was forced to swap out a headline asking if math was “racist” after reader outcry. The replacement – “Is math education racist?” – wasn’t much better, and teachers are up in arms over their discipline’s demonization.Tuesday’s original headline literally asked “Is math racist?” before qualifying it by noting “schools are altering instruction – sometimes amid intense debate” while “many students of
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