In a wide ranging interview with The 74, Just Equations National Policy Director Andrea McChristian discusses her mission to address disparities in math education and why math equity is an important civil rights and social justice issue.
Andrea McChristian, former policy research director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, had to convince those who know her best — including her father — that taking a job at a nonprofit that supports educational equity around math was a logical career move.
After all, her dad said, her true passion is social justice.
McChristian said the explanation was simple: A lack of access and opportunity in mathematics for all students means many children, particularly kids of color and those living in impoverished communities, are forced to take educational pathways that leave them unqualified for lucrative STEM careers.
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