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Kresta in the Afternoon – January 4, 2024 – Hour 1

Peggy Stanton helps us prepare for Epiphany and Bill Evers asks if California’s math curriculum is “going woke.” 

 

Has California’s math curriculum gone “woke?”

On July 12, the California State Board of Education adopted a new K-12 math program that is built on themes of “equity.” This is manifested by changing how math principles are taught, and making political issues the subject of a math class. Dr. Williamson Evers has more.

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California Math Framework: Proven Methods vs. Political Ideology

“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up

Dr. Williamson Evers is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Educational Excellence at the Independent Institute, where he is also Assistant Editor for the Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy. He served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development from 2007 to 2009; Senior Adviser to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings during 2007; and former Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. From July to December 2003, he served in Iraq as Senior Adviser for Education to Administrator L. Paul Bremer of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

``Where is the Newborn King of the Jews?``

In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear the story of the Magi, who traveled to visit the newborn king. We examine what the Catechism has to say about the story with Peggy Stanton.

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Peggy Stanton is the author of From the White House to the White Cross. She's a Dame of the Order of Malta. She was ABC News’ first female Washington correspondent. She has hosted many programs on Ave Maria Radio including the Malta Minute with the Catechism. Her first book was The Daniel Dilemma: The Moral Man in the Public Arena.
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