Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills occur far earlier in the U.S. than previously known. Our new study finds that 13% of white students and 16% of Asian students display ...

Students can’t succeed in math if they’re never exposed to it. And many students never get access to advanced—or even some foundational—math in high school. New federal civil rights data and an ...

Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

Alumni of Palo Alto public schools shared their perspective on the change, which will allow students to take post-calculus ...

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

ODESSA, Texas — Senate Bill (SB) 2124 now requires schools to prepare their students for advanced mathematics, with the goal of having a higher percent of students ready for Algebra 1 in the eighth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Education NC. More than 58,000 students were eligible for placement in advanced math ...

BRAINTREE - Did you like doing math in school? Many people didn't. But a non-profit in Massachusetts is increasing the number of students of color and low-income students in advanced level math ...

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