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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

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Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. As hopeful as this scenario sounds, mathematics is a struggle for many learners. Nationally, mathematics achievement on average remains low with glaring, persistent inequities across racial and ethnic groups.

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As STEM evolves, so does South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science

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Peters describes South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science. The coalition, created in 1993, under a different name, initially worked to support science and mathematics education in the state. associated with overarching themes of valuing STEM teachers and STEM teaching. That’s how Thomas T. five key challenges.