CSU’s First Steps Toward Improving Graduation Rates Have Impact
In her first blog post of 2019, our founder Pamela Burdman reveals the good news in data CSU recently shared with Just Equations: As of last fall, the system had succeeded … More
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Why Do so Many Students Believe They Are Just Not Cut out for Math?
Following our latest report release, the Atlanta Journal Constitution devotes a “Get Schooled” blog post to the report, The Mathematics of Opportunity: Rethinking the Role of Math in Educational Equity. … More
Changing the Architecture of Math Opportunity
The architecture of math opportunity is “undergirded by misconceptions about math learning, scaffolded by existing educational inequities and stereotypes, and reinforced by math’s role as a marker or pedigree that … More
2018 Convening: The Mathematics of Opportunity
Mathematics is not always serving the purpose for which it was intended, noted speakers at Just Equations’ recent Mathematics of Opportunity event. “It’s become a sorting mechanism,” noted Eloy Oakley, Chancellor of … MoreAlgebra and Civil Rights
In a Washington D.C. address to the American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Education, OI founder Christopher Edley, Jr. highlights the equity dilemma surrounding college readiness requirements in mathematics. His thoughts … More
California Expands Math Horizons for College Students
A new policy at California Community Colleges will open math pathways and no longer require most students to take remedial math courses, according to a Medium blog by Senior Project … More
Is Remedial Math Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
A stunning drop in remedial math enrollments at community colleges across the country makes clear that a set of reforms designed to eliminate arbitrary barriers to student success are having … More
A Quiet Revolt Reshaping the Pathway to College
Check out our founder, Pamela Burdman’s article in EdSource about a new data science course being offered to high school students in Los Angeles and several other districts. While engaging … More