POSITION SUMMARY JEQ seeks a Math Education Equity Fellow to help expand our cross-sector network and deepen support within the mathematics education community for evidence-based, equity-oriented math pathways to and … More
POSITION SUMMARY Just Equations (JEQ) seeks a National Policy Director to work with us to grow an informed and engaged cross-sector network to expand capacity for advancing evidence-based, equity-oriented, math … More
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Mathematics may seem timeless, but the way it’s being taught isn’t keeping up with the times. Current course sequences — or math pathways — create barriers to … More
The purpose of math is not to make students miserable. It is not to instill fear in them. And it is definitely not to create a pecking order among students. … More
College admissions requirements have a complex relationship with high school opportunity: On the one hand, colleges’ course-taking requirements can be a lever for improving the availability of rigorous high school … More
When California State University faculty first proposed requiring applicants to complete a math or quantitative reasoning course in their senior year of high school, they specifically recommended that the system … More
“Why should anyone care about mathematics if it doesn’t connect deeply to some human desire: to play, seek truth, pursue beauty, fight for justice?” wondered Francis Su, former president of … More
Algebra 2 course-taking in high school has long been viewed as a key predictor of future college enrollment. However, that link stems primarily from higher education policies that traditionally required … More