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July 2025

Is Math a Gatekeeper?

Debate Math Podcast

July 2025

It should not be so hard to transfer from community college, so let’s remove the roadblocks

The Hechinger Report

June 2025

Math Prerequisites a Barrier to Transfer Success

Inside Higher Ed

June 2025

What’s Math Got to Do with It?

EdTrust

June 2025

Let’s Make STEM Opportunity Achievable for California Community College Students

EdSource

May 2025

Head Start Teacher and Civil Rights Lawyer Turns Her Social Justice Lens to Math

The 74

May 2025

Data Literacy Is an Essential Skill. Let’s Teach It That Way

Education Week

April 2025

Is Calculus or Stats More Advantageous for Student Success? It’s Complicated

Education Week

April 2025

Demystifying University Admissions: High School Mathematics Courses and California’s Area C

The California Mathematics Council ComMuniCator

February 2025

To the California State Assembly Higher Education Committee: In Support of AB 1705 for Equitable Placement at Community Colleges

Letter from Pamela Burdman

January 2025

Beyond the Data: Actions Speak Louder Than Numbers

Statement co-signed by Just Equations

January 2025

The (Inequitable) Race to Calculus

NACAC Journal of College Admission

December 2024

Community Colleges Revise STEM Math Placement Rules

EdSource

December 2024

Is Calculus an Addiction That College Admissions Officers Can't Shake?

The Hechinger Report

October 2024

High School Math Placement Is Too Important to Leave to Subjective Recommendations

EdSource

October 2024

To the California State Assembly Education and Higher Education Committees: The Conversation On Math and Admissions

Letter from Pamela Burdman

September 2024

I’m a Math Educator. Here’s How Teacher PD Falls Short

Education Week

August 2024

As a Black Middle-School Student, I Was Tracked into Lower-Level Math Classes That Kept Me Back

The Hechinger Report

July 2024

To the University of California Board of Regents: Clarifying The Role of Data Science Courses

Letter from Pamela Burdman

July 2024

Family Math Is More Than Homework Help

Ed Post

March 2024

To the University of California Board of Regents: The Conversation On Data Science Courses

Letter from Pamela Burdman

March 2024

Data Science Helps Students of Color Opt In for More Math

EdSource

March 2024

San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle To Reinstate Eighth-Grade Algebra

The 74

March 2024

UC Professors’ Math Problem: How Does Data Science Fit In?

EdSource

March 2024

Data Science Under Fire: What Math Do High Schoolers Really Need?

The Hechinger Report

December 2023

Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, but Not All High Achievers Have Access

The 74

December 2023

Advanced Algebra, Data Science, and More: UC Rethinks Contested Issues of High School Math

EdSource

November 2023

This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

EdSurge

November 2023

Even as Caltech Revises Calculus Requirement, Other Competitive Colleges Continue To Expect Course

The 74

November 2023

Why Calculus Remains a Math Flash Point

EdWeek

October 2023

How Math Educators Can Increase Equity In College Access

MAA Blog, Math Values

October 2023

It’s Time to Repair Our Fractured Math System

EdSource

September 2023

OPINION: Our Students Need Up-to-Date Approaches to Math Education for a Quickly Changing World

The Hechinger Report

August 2023

No High School Calculus, Chemistry, Physics Class? Caltech Has a New Admission Work-Around

Los Angeles Times

June 2023

Tackling High School Math's Equity Problem

EdSource

June 2023

AP Calculus: What to Know

U.S. News & World Report

March 2023

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

The 74

March 2023

Preparation for Calculus: A Research Agenda

MAA Blog, Launchings, Teaching and Learning

February 2023

New Report: Lengthy Calculus Prerequisites Pose Barriers

Inside Higher Ed

October 2022

Calculus Is Seen as a Proxy for High-Achieving Students. That’s a Problem.

Chalkbeat

September 2022

Calculus Acts as a Gatekeeper

Inside Higher Ed

September 2022

The Problematic Math of College Admissions

Mathematical Association of America Math Values blog

September 2022

Mismatch in Math Course Expectations for College Admissions Persists

K–12 Dive

September 2022

Opposing Views on the Role of Calculus

Inside Higher Ed

September 2022

Why Elite College Admissions May Play an Outsized Role in K–12 Math Programs

EducationWeek

June 2022

Calculus Isn’t the Only Option. Let’s Broaden and Update the Current Math Curriculum

The Sacramento Bee

June 2022

“Who Gets To Learn Are the People With the Opportunity.”: Equity in Data Science Education

Data Science Academy

May 2022

California Students Need More High-Quality Advanced Math Options

EdSource

May 2022

It May Be Time To Rethink the Emphasis on Taking Calculus in High School

The Hechinger Report

March 2022

California Revises New Math Framework To Keep Backlash at Bay

EdSource

March 2022

To Keep Students in STEM fields, Let’s Weed Out the Weed-Out Math Classes

Scientific American

March 2022

Calculus, College Admissions, and the High School Curriculum

Mathematical Association of America

February 2022

Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway—Not a Gatekeeper—to STEM Fields

EdSurge

February 2022

College Calculus Doesn’t Have To Be a Roadblock

EdSource

February 2022

More Students Can Succeed in Calculus: The Case for Calculus Corequisite Support

Mathematical Association of America

January 2022

High Calculus Failure Rates Thwart Students Across CSU

EdSource

October 2021

Reshaping College Admissions for 21st Century Mathematics

National Association for College Admission Counseling

October 2021

Don't Use Math To Limit Opportunity

New York Daily News

July 2021

A Rush to Calculus Leaves Some Students Behind in California

EdSource

June 2021

21st Century Math Gets Out of the Box

CalMatters

May 2021

Report Offers Solutions To Increase Racial Equity in Math Pathways

Diverse Issues in Higher Education

April 2021

Opinion: Rethink How We Teach Math

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

October 2020

Let’s Make Math Education Relevant for Real Life

EdSurge

September 2020

The Pervasive Sense of Entitlement When it Comes to ‘Good’ Schools

Scary Mommy

August 2020

California State Universities, Community Colleges Need Better Online Tools to Steer Students to Optimal Math Courses

CalMatters

July 2020

Rethinking the Role of Math: Pamela Burdman and the Launch Years Initiative

The Charles A. Dana Center

April 2020

UC/CSU Should Make SAT/ACT Optional Even After Coronavirus Crisis

San Francisco Chronicle

December 2019

We Can Make Math Less Traumatic by Ensuring Every Student Is on the Right Pathway

Hechinger Report

May 2019

Don't Use the SAT or ACT To Undermine Education Accountability

EdSource

May 2019

Many College Students Struggle To Pass Remedial Math. Do They Need To?

PBS NewsHour

April 2019

Numbers Evoke Joy and Wonder, Why Doesn't Math Class?

The Hechinger Report

February 2019

CSU Bid To Raise Math Requirement May Limit Student Access

San Francisco Chronicle

November 2018

Why Do So Many Students Believe They Are Just Not Cut Out for Math?

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

October 2018

Algebra and Civil Rights

The American Mathematical Society's Committee on Education

May 2018

Is Remedial Math Going the Way of the Dinosaur?

The Hechinger Report

April 2018

A Quiet Revolt Reshaping the Pathway to College

EdSource

August 2017

CSU Finally Ends Remedial Classes That Delay Progress Toward a Degree

San Francisco Chronicle

August 2017

Podcast: This Week in California Education

EdSource

June 2017

The Politics of Math: Is Algebra Necessary To Obtain a College Degree?

Los Angeles Times

June 2017

Cal State To End Placement Exams

Inside Higher Education

June 2017

At Cal State, Algebra Is a Civil Rights Issue

EdSource

February 2017

Placement Tests Land Many Students in a Math Maze Instead of on Pathways to Success

EdSource

March 2016

Getting Rid of Placement Exams

The Atlantic

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