The L. A. School District Board of Education shows its appreciation for open-minded debate. These folks decide how math is taught to your kids. LA-SI has similar goals for science education.
Integrated math is unpopular with parents.
It superficially combines statistics, geometry, and algebra in each of the middle and high school grades. Students are deprived of the concentrated exposure to algebra, geometry, and trigonometry required to pursue scientific careers, or even to become scientifically literate citizens. It is a dumbed-down version of high school mathematics intended to equalize mathematics achievement among all students. The motivation for fuzzy math is a deep-seated fear among many liberals that minority students are just too dumb to learn real math. So, to equalize student outcomes, we'd better get rid of unpleasant topics like algebra, or at least dilute them.