Its solution: Have all students take Algebra 1—the foundational course of high school math—in 9th grade. S y stem leaders had two main goals with the plan: First, to give all students a more ...

In San Francisco, dismantling middle-school algebra did little to end racial inequities among students in advanced math classes. After a huge public outcry, the district decided to reverse course.

You might be surprised by who's doing the most advanced math day-to-day. It's not white-collar workers. Rather, it's high-skill blue-collar workers, shown in dark blue on the graph below.