Jelani Nelson

Amidst California’s low standardized math test scores, increasing learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of sufficient diversity in STEM, the California State Board of Education’s recent proposed curriculum framework to reform math education has garnered criticism from hundreds of educators. 

UC Berkeley professor Jelani Nelson and Stanford University professor Jo Boaler have been entangled in controversy after criticisms of Boaler’s work, and accusations of harassment.