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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Palo Alto High School students, (at center table) Nishant Patwardhan, center, Zakir Ahmand, right, Daniel Jin, left, and Leyton Ho, far left, study at the school’s library on Feb. 6, 2019. Photo by ...

Black students continue to face significant barriers to advanced mathematics education, limiting access to college pathways and high-demand careers, The 74 reports. The report referenced by the outlet ...

High school students are more likely to choose honors and other advanced courses in their junior or senior years, but for some students, that might be too late. To ramp up the number of ...

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 ...

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 was little when ...

Rural high schools, small high schools and high schools that serve historically marginalized students don't provide the same access to advanced math classes as other schools, new research shows. As a ...

The 74 reports Black students are historically excluded from quality math, leading to dire academic and professional outcomes, with only 6% in AP math classes.