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The CSU, which trains the majority of the state’s teachers, has dismissed the report’s methodology and findings.
The California State Board of Education voted to adopt a new—and much-debated—math framework on Wednesday, concluding a years-long process that involved three drafts, prompted hundreds of ...
The Legislature approved $20 million for the California Mathematics Project for training in the new math framework, which was passed in 2023, and $50 million in 2022-23 for instruction in grades ...
Updated at 11:00 a.m. ET on October 5, 2023. When I decided to read every word of California’s 1,000-page proposal to transform math education in public schools, I learned that even speculative ...
It aims to keep all students in the same math courses until 10th grade — no longer grouping students by skill so the kids who can learn more get the more advanced instruction they need.
Earlier this year, a Detroit-area school district eliminated middle school honors math classes, while schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts, began phasing out advanced middle school math in 2017 ...
The University of California is weighing what kind of data science classes could count as math for admission, sparking debate over equity and access. UC stirs furious debate over what high school ...
Rivka Galchen on the recently updated California Mathematics Framework (C.M.F.) and the debate over whether the changes will increase the privilege gap, negatively impact students of color, and ...
As California prepares to overhaul its approach to math education, professors are lobbying the UC system to rethink its embrace of high-school “data science.” Skip to content ADVERTISEMENT ...
Eighth grader Zoe listens during math class at Crittenden Middle School in Mountain View on April 7, 2022. Photo by Magali Gauthier. The debate that continues to simmer over California’s new ...