Just Equations
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New Analyses Shed Light on Equity Pitfalls of ...

The CSU system appears to be moving forward with the idea of requiring an additional quantitative reasoning course — but without first satisfying the faculty’s recommendation to study its potential impact.

New Analyses Shed Light on Equity Pitfalls of Cal State’s Potential New Admissions Policy
Just Equations
OI
Can Math Be a Vehicle for Social Justice?

What does it mean to connect mathematics to the pursuit of justice? For one thing, it means not letting math education interfere with justice. 

Can Math Be a Vehicle for Social Justice?
Just Equations
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Re-thinking the Role of Algebra 2 in College ...

It’s time to reconsider whether Algebra 2 really creates the opportunities we have long assumed and build more rigorous pathways that lead students to college.

Re-thinking the Role of Algebra 2 in College Readiness
Renewing Communities
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Formerly Incarcerated Peer Mentors in ...

Mentor-mentee relationships among formerly incarcerated students go beyond social, cultural, intellectual, and campus knowledge. These relationships can empower and transform the lives of students by increasing academic and employment opportunities.

Formerly Incarcerated Peer Mentors in California Community Colleges
Renewing Communities
OI
Transformative Wellness Retreat for Faculty ...

Faculty and staff teaching in California prisons will get the opportunity to “practice what they preach” this fall when they convene in the woods for a weekend of wellness and professional development.

Transformative Wellness Retreat for Faculty Teaching in Prisons

Why I'm Thrilled to Lose These Board Members

Why I'm Thrilled to Lose These Board Members

In some ways, Newsom's "raid" on our board only confirms that our organization is working on the right issues with the right people — whether on the board or on staff.

Illinois’ Experience with Rethinking School Discipline: the Value of Federal Guidance

Illinois’ Experience with Rethinking School Discipline: the Value of Federal Guidance

As a familiar debate continues about the elimination of federal guidance on reducing racial and disability disparities in the administration of school discipline, the need for constructive action has become even clearer.

Ignorance or Deliberate Indifference? The Federal Commission on School Safety and “Rethinking Discipline”

Ignorance or Deliberate Indifference? The Federal Commission on School Safety and “Rethinking Discipline”

A closer look at the intersection between trauma-related care and the relationship between gun violence in schools and the recommendations made in the Federal Commission on School Safety’s final report.

Changing the Architecture of Math Opportunity

Changing the Architecture of Math Opportunity

Just Equations’ report The Mathematics of Opportunity describes the limitations of traditional practices and highlights emerging approaches. The goal is to ensure that mathematics education is more equity-oriented and that math requirements are more valid and aligned across educational systems.

Trauma- Informed Care: Where to Start? A Better Sense of Student “Success”

Trauma- Informed Care: Where to Start? A Better Sense of Student “Success”

New consensus around the science of brain development is providing us with critical insights we can use to optimize student learning and development.

The Sordid Math of Racism and Political Violence — Part I

The Sordid Math of Racism and Political Violence — Part I

This week, the Opportunity Institute joined more than 250,000 other people and organizations in urging the Commerce Department to remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census.