The Hechinger Report

Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...
OPB

For Class of 2025 students, math more often means better grades, better understanding

OPB has been following a group of students in the Class of 2025, after the state of Oregon set a goal that every student starting with that class, should successfully complete high school. The group ...
Los Angeles Times

UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college

Briana Hampton, a San Gabriel High School junior, is determined to get into a four-year university to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker or psychiatrist. But she feared she would fail a ...
EdSource

High school math placement is too important to leave to subjective recommendations

Enrolling students in high school math courses is a high-stakes endeavor with an outsize effect on students’ college opportunities and even on their entire careers. The pressure to reach Calculus by a ...
The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: Professors say high school math doesn’t prepare most students for their college majors

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Times of San Diego

California, four other states praised for aligning high school and college math

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...