Post: Despite Lost Time, Keep Learning Moving Forward
As the start of the school year approaches, we keep hearing about the risks of learning loss. In a typical year, we are told, students lose an average of 36 … More
Post: Rethinking the Role of Math: Pamela Burdman and the Launch Years Initiative
Modernizing mathematics is key to student success. Just Equations supports the work of the Launch Years Initiative, led by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas-Austin. The … More
Post: Deconstructing the Mathematics Industrial Complex
On the surface, mathematics appears to be a set of truths, and math education a way of transmitting those truths — in the same way the law seems to be … More
Post: In Solidarity for Racial Justice in Society and Schools
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our hearts are filled with grief and rage, as … More
Post: Learning Math Virtually: What’s Essential in Assessment?
What a difference a pandemic makes. Just last week, the University of California system broke with decades of tradition by deciding to permanently suspend the SAT and ACT tests as … More
Resource: Architects of Math Opportunity: Exploring Equity in Students’ Postsecondary Math Pathway Choices
To challenge and ultimately change the prevailing architecture of math opportunity entails broadening and updating the content of math and quantitative reasoning courses required for college success. As postsecondary institutions in California … More
Post: Coronavirus and College Admissions: Ensuring Flexibility, Clarity and Equity
As students around the country face unprecedented disruptions to their high school experiences, institutions of higher education are waiving once-rigid admissions requirements, such as test scores and grades in required … More
Post: Promises and Pitfalls of Diverse Math Pathways: Examining Equity in Students’ Course Choices
Diversifying the pathways students take through high school and college mathematics has the potential to open avenues to college for more students. That’s why many of us support efforts to … More