environmental math should be about calculating, not politics, political indoctrination or turning children into activists. it encourages teaches to take a justice oriented math, and substitutes algebra 2 with data science, also pushes algebra 1 from 8th to 9th grade, prevents students from taking calculus as a senior as required for college stem classes. this will not prepare students for courses in math or computer science at u.c. berkeley or stanford, or really any of the strong colleges. california s education board declined an interview request but said the new approach