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Are Students’ Math Futures Being Unwittingly Set By Tracking?

ED Surge

Which students get to attempt intellectually stimulating courses like calculus may rely in part on where they attend high school rather than just their aptitude for math, according to a new study. For example, lots of principals say that their school offers algebra, a critical juncture in the race to calculus.

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Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility

Cool Cat Teacher

Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility 00;00;00;04 – 00;00;07;19 John Davis This is the Ten Minute Teacher Podcast with your host Vicki Davis. Extended Episode number 780 – Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility. And all of a sudden I'm taking Algebra 2, I'm taking Calculus. Your district.

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9 Best Online Math Classes For Kids

The Maker Mom

Children between 6th and 12th grades can easily find an appropriate course in algebra, geometry, algebra 2, and pre-calculus. Kids get full access to this incredible system as members of the live classes, or they can get a monthly subscription starting at just $9.99 for a year of access.

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Contending with the Unintended Consequences of History: Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education and the Need for Systemic Change in K-12 Education

National Science Foundation

Figure 1 illustrates the differences in access to STEM courses between schools with low enrollments of Black and Hispanic students versus those with high enrollments, with the most notable gaps existing in advanced mathematics, calculus, and computer science. Elementary & Secondary STEM Education. NSB-2022-1. & Walsh, K.

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Can we unlock the secrets hidden deep within the nucleus of an atom?

Futurum

Quarks are a type of ‘elementary particle’ that cannot be further subdivided. Quarks come in six different types, or ‘flavours’, – up, down, top, bottom, strange and charm – and they are held together by gluons, another type of elementary particle. Develop these by taking classes such as mathematics, calculus and programming.

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In conversation with a (highly passionate) temporal logician

Futurum

“I suffered terribly during my 12th grade mathematics class (due to the teaching style and others telling me I couldn’t do math), but I am glad I persevered, as I earned an A and got accepted to the College of William and Mary, where I was able to study calculus again in a better environment. HOW DID KRISTIN BECOME A TEMPORAL LOGICIAN?

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Can Kids Grow Up If They're Constantly Tracked and Monitored?

ED Surge

EdSurge connected with Heitner to talk about what she’s learned and what advice she gives educators at all levels, from elementary school through college. History and not be getting your calculus grade right now. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below. So it's more than an online grading portal.