Topic: Advanced Coursework

Increasing Access to Advanced Coursework in Massachusetts

files January 30, 2024 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D., Hector Biaggi

These resources are designed to help advocates, educators, and policymakers compare best practices and make informed decisions at the state level on advanced coursework for students.

Increasing Access to Advanced Coursework in Kentucky

files December 13, 2023 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D., Hector Biaggi

This brief provides data analyses and a scan of policies and practices for advocates, educators, and policymakers who are leading the work to increase access to advanced coursework for Black and Latino students.

Increasing Access to Advanced Coursework in Washington

files December 12, 2023 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D., Hector Biaggi

This brief provides data analyses and a scan of policies and practices in Washington for advocates, educators, and policymakers who are leading the work at the state level to increase access to advanced coursework for Black and Latino students.

Despite Showing Aptitude, Black, Latino, and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds Are Denied Access to Advanced Math Courses

newspaper December 07, 2023 by EdTrust

According to new research from EdTrust and Just Equations, high-performing Black, Latino, and students from low-income backgrounds aren’t given the same access as their more affluent or White peers, despite showing aptitude that they are ready for advanced math courses.

Improving Students’ Access to Advanced Coursework

compass December 07, 2023 by EdTrust

This series of work highlights EdTrust’s efforts in ensuring that Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds have access to advanced coursework, because research shows that when they do have access, they thrive.

Opportunities Denied: High-Achieving Black and Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math

files December 07, 2023 by Melodie Baker, Ivy Morgan, Gizella Wade

In this brief, EdTrust and Just Equations explore why high-achieving Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds who take and pass Algebra I in eighth grade still end up taking advanced math courses in high school at lower rates than their peers.

District-Nonprofit STEM Partnership Challenges Maryland Middle Schoolers to Invent A More Diverse Future

article-cropped July 18, 2023 by Cara Lesser

In a region populated with aerospace and biohealth employers, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) observed some years ago that lower-income Black and Latino students were not enrolling in the Maryland…

Middle School Math Should be a Door Opener, not a Gatekeeper

article-cropped June 06, 2023 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D.

All students are “math people.” Yet often, the current ways in which math is taught often leaves many Black and Latino students out of the equation. All students must be…

5 State Policy Recommendations Fostering STEM Aspirations for Students of Color in Middle School

files May 31, 2023 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D.

Math and science are for everyone. But unfortunately, many students, and especially Black and Latino students, don’t receive that…