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Access to Rigor
Why high-achieving students are denied challenging courses based on demographics, not data. Top-scoring students are routinely kept out of advanced math — not because of their ability, but because of who they are and where they live. This is where my research began, and it is the clearest example of how the system’s assumptions override its own evidence.
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The Math Sort: The Algebra Gatekeepers Podcast
Five discussions: who gets denied, the forty-year research record, the law that tried to fix it, and the questions every parent should ask.
Algebra Gatekeepers: Video Summaries
Five short episodes that turn on the lights, one invisible barrier at a time.
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The Algebra Gatekeepers (essay)
The full essay at Education Progress.
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Where this topic connects to the rest of my writing.
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