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In her first blog post of 2019, our founder Pamela Burdman reveals the good news in data CSU recently shared with Just Equations: As of last fall, the system had succeeded in eliminating traditional remedial courses. Just Equations awaits more data from CSU to answer more questions about math opportunity for California students.

The architecture of math opportunity is “undergirded by misconceptions about math learning, scaffolded by existing educational inequities and stereotypes, and reinforced by math’s role as a marker or pedigree that confers access to opportunities”, according to a Medium blog by Just Equations Senior Project Director, Pamela Burdman.

A new policy at California Community Colleges will open math pathways and no longer require most students to take remedial math courses. It’s a milestone that wipes away arbitrary prerequisites that have held back students for decades.