Radical Math

Mission of Organization

“We are committed to making sure our classrooms are places that are nurturing for all students, that celebrate different cultures, histories, and styles of learning, and that reflect the just societies we are hoping to bring about through our own lives and teaching practices.”

Curriculum Description

This curriculum features over 700 different lessons that integrate social justice into math lessons. The curriculum discusses the lack of high-quality math instruction to low-income students and hopes to inspire students to use math to solve community problems.

Curriculum Materials Reviewed
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Statistics Survey Project
Source of Funding

N/A

Learning Resources
  • Videos
  • Articles
  • Song Samples
Target Population/Grade Levels
Cost Per Classroom
Free
Training
N/A
Domain Presence
Critical Consciousness

Presence Evaluation: Full Presence

Evaluation Notes: Radical Math traces the history of inequality and violence against Black people in the US and institutional racism.

Social Action

Presence Evaluation: Full Presence

Evaluation Notes: This curriculum urges students to take action and provides information about community organizing and grassroots online organizing.

Reciprocal Community Relationship

Presence Evaluation: Full Presence 

Evaluation Notes: Lessons focus on having students change their community through math.  

Systems Wide Approach

Presence Evaluation: Not Present

Evaluation Notes: In the lessons reviewed, there is no mention of the way social justice practices can be implemented at different school levels. 

Explicit Teaching of Social Justice Principles

Presence Evaluation: Full Presence

Evaluation Notes: Racial Math has in-depth explanations of racism, bias, inequality and relates those concepts to math.

Self-Reflection

Presence Evaluation: Some Presence

Evaluation Notes: There was presence of this in the lessons reviewed. For example, there is a lesson on body mapping to recognize negative media effects and support students' development of  self-appreciation.

Evidence Based

Presence Evaluation: Not Present

Evaluation Notes: To date, there has been no empirical study of this curriculum to evaluate its effectiveness.

Inclusion and Equity

Presence Evaluation: Some Presence

Evaluation Notes : The curriculum engages students to think about discrimination and disadvantage because of ones' race. 

High Expectations

Presence Evaluation: N/A

Evaluation Notes: We are unable to evaluate this domain since it is best measured through observation.

Social Identities

Presence Evaluation: Full Presence

Evaluation Notes: The primary focus of this curriculum is on the ways society marginalizes people because of their racial-ethnic identity.