The Boston Globe

Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach.

BROOKLINE — It was a gray morning in July, and most of their peers were spending the summer sleeping late and hanging out with friends. But the 20 rising 10th graders in Lisa Rodriguez’s class at ...
Education Week

Is Calculus or Stats More Advantageous for Student Success? It’s Complicated

For some high school students, statistics and other data science courses have unseated calculus as the de facto option for pursuing advanced math, in part due to targeted state efforts to expand ...
The Hechinger Report

TEACHER VOICE: Calculus is a roadblock for too many students; let’s teach statistics instead

This teacher believes that “deprioritizing abstract math like calculus in favor of practical math, with a focus on statistical literacy, reduces barriers to entry and will help increase diversity in ...
Los Angeles Times

No high school calculus, chemistry, physics class? Caltech has a new admission work-around

Kimberly Miranda is the brainy daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and the first in her family to attend college. But she almost didn’t make it to the California Institute of Technology. Her Redwood ...
The Hechinger Report

Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach

Lisa Rodriguez teaches Algebra II and Pre-Calculus Honors and is co-director of the Calculus Project at Brookline High. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...