Social Studies Lesson Prompted Controversial Georgia Math Worksheet

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1/10, Dodd) reports that the math worksheet that sparked controversy in Gwinnett County, Georgia, this week by using scenarios about slavery in word problems was prompted by "a social studies lesson on Frederick Douglass," according to local officials. "Whatever the reason, the assignment outraged some parents at the Norcross school. Beaver Ridge Elementary on Monday continued to receive complaints about a math assignment distributed to more than 100 students in four of the school's third-grade classes last week."