Advancing a Mathematics of Opportunity

Just Equations founder and executive director Pamela Burdman was quoted in an article in EdSource about the implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 1705.

JEQ seeks a National Policy Director to guide and strengthen our cross-sector network of researchers and advocates focused on advancing evidence-based, equity-oriented, math pathways to and through college. 

Pamela Burdman, Just Equations’ executive director, and Rachel Ruffalo, Ed Trust-West’s senior director of strategic advocacy, examine continued inequities in the placement of students of color and low-income students in advanced math courses that have the potential to boost their chances of admission to certain colleges. In an op-ed for EdSource, Burdman and Ruffalo look to more equitable solutions showing promise across the country.

Just Equations founder and executive director Pamela Burdman submitted the following public comment to the chairs of the California State Assembly Education Committee and Higher Education Committee in response to their Oct. 10, 2024 hearing on the mathematics requirements for public university admissions. In the letter, Burdman shares concerns that the University of California’s Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) deliberations on the issue were neither transparent nor thorough. The process also lacked participation from K-12 educators and analysis on the impact on student education equity.