Experts are questioning the relevance of pushing all college-bound students to take calculus, arguing that the “narrow pathway toward calculus … fails to serve most students.” Credit: Erika Rich for ...

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...

For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus. In a recent national survey of 133 admissions officers, 74% said the ...

In recent years, math educators and advocates have pushed to diversify high school course offerings, introducing new pathways that culminate in statistics or data analysis. But new research suggests ...

In this month’s message, I want to share a new advocacy resource, High School Mathematics Pathways Infographics. This series of one-page documents is designed for families, math teachers, ...

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

The article was updated on July 10 to clarify the section about rewording and eliminating cited research. The State Board of Education is poised to approve a nearly 1,000-page guidance for math ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...