Elementary Teachers Should Not Use Slavery Word Problems to Teach Math, Part Two

Math is obviously an important skill for elementary students to learn, and we support creative methods for teaching what, for some, is a boring subject. But, as we noted last January, there are much better ways to teach math than by using word problems about slavery. Alas, a fourth grade teacher at Manhattan’s P.S. 59 failed to heed our warning and thought it would be a good idea to distribute a worksheet titled “Slavery Word Problems Homework,” which included questions such as: More »