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2025

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

2024

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

March 2016

Getting Rid of Placement Exams

The Atlantic

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