DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

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Students can’t succeed in math if they’re never exposed to it. And many students never get access to advanced—or even some foundational—math in high school. New federal civil rights data and an ...

High-achieving Black, Latino and low-income students who pass algebra in the 8th grade — a feat that can set children up for success in college and beyond — still end up taking far fewer advanced high ...

Access to Algebra I is often shaped by uneven local practices. Placement can depend on teacher recommendations, parent advocacy, scheduling, school culture or whether a student is perceived as “a math ...

This post originally appeared in a slightly different form on the BookMarks blog. Andrew Hacker is the author of The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions, published this month by The New Press. Hacker, ...