The Hechinger Report

Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...
The Bulletin

Data science v algebra II: Educators debate what math classes high school students need

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...
EdSource

Advanced algebra, data science and more: UC rethinks contested issues of high school math

EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...
KQED

UC Reconsiders Requirements for Data Science Students Amid Ongoing High School Math Debate

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...
The Stanford Daily

Stanford, Harvard revise high school math curriculum recommendations, exclude data science

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...
Education Week

The State of Math Education, in Charts

U.S. students’ math performance dropped significantly during the pandemic and has yet to recover. But students at all levels of K-12 schooling have been struggling with geometry and statistics ...
Los Angeles Times

How California’s ‘math wars’ are hurting Black and Latino students

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...
Los Angeles Times

UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college

Briana Hampton, a San Gabriel High School junior, is determined to get into a four-year university to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker or psychiatrist. But she feared she would fail a ...
The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Our students need up-to-date approaches to math education for a quickly changing world

Twenty states consider Algebra II a high school graduation requirement, but about half of those allow for exceptions or alternatives, such as data science courses. Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The ...
EdSource

UC committee changes admission standard for data science, causing confusion over math framework

This story was updated to include the latest available information from the president's office of the University of California. The UC faculty committee that oversees high school courses eligible for ...
University of Delaware

Mathematics and Data Science

Associate Begin in a 2 year degree program with an option to complete a bachelor's Data scientists are experts at analyzing, modeling, and interpreting complex data. This interdisciplinary program ...