Advancing a Mathematics of Opportunity

In a new article for the ComMuniCator, the quarterly journal of the California Mathematics Council, Just Equations founder and executive director Pamela Burdman explores the updates and implications of changes to high school mathematics requirements from the University of California, particularly for Algebra II and the future of data science and statistics courses.

Just Equations founder and executive director Pamela Burdman submitted the following letter to the California State Assembly Higher Education Committee in support of the implementation of California Assembly Bill 1705 to ensure community college students are given the access and opportunities needed to reach their goals.

Just Equations joined the Collaborative for Student Success and other organizations in calling on policymakers to take bipartisan action to adopt and implement policies that ensure that all students, especially those from underserved communities, have access to high quality math education.

The cover story for the Winter 2025 edition of the NACAC Journal of College Admission, cites Just Equations’ report, The Limits of Calculus: Revisiting the Role of Math Education in College Admissions. The report, released in December 2024 in collaboration with the National Association for College Admission Counseling, found that calculus remains the gold standard for college admissions, despite significant and persistent inequitable access for underserved students. The article also cites the 2022 joint Just Equations/NACAC report, A New Calculus for College Admissions: How Policy, Practice, and Perceptions of High School Math Education Limit Equitable Access to College, which explores evolving views of the role that math plays in education and college admissions.