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Wentworth Institute of Technology to Drop Pre-Calculus Admissions Requirement for STEM Programs

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Those looking to apply to Wentworth are required to have four years of English, a mathematics course on the level of Algebra II, and one laboratory science course under their belt. We haven't changed our calculus curriculum at all. We have not changed our physics curriculum at all.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

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Specifically, in comparison to 2019, the previous assessment year, average mathematics scores for grade 4 students were lower in 2022 for American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, students of Two or More Races, and white students (see [link] ). Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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Are Private Schools Ahead of Public Schools in 2023?

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in the 2020-2021 school year and just over 30,000 private schools between 2019 and 2020. During the 2019-2020 school year, total public school enrollment was 49.4 graduation rate for the 2018-2019 school year. For the 2018-2019 school year, 64.5% million students , while private school enrollment totaled 4.7

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

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link] Comics and graphic novels can disrupt traditional texts by challenging the worship of the written word ( Torres, 2019 ), a feature of white supremacy that perpetuates textual hierarchies within educational spaces. We also examine programs and interventions that have been specially designed to improve Black males' mathematics skills.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

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2019; Monarrez & Washington, 2020). Teach Black males and their families about the hidden curriculum (e.g., Make the hidden curriculum obvious so that Black families and their sons can take the necessary steps to challenge low expectations, stereotypes, hostility, and racial profiling. in order to be successful in college.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

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Said differently, homeplace is a “space where Black folx truly matter…where souls are nurtured, comforted, and fed” (Love, 2019, p. Ford Cultivating Black joy is critical, given censorship placed in schools, on Black bodies, and in the curriculum. Dr. Renae D. Theory into Practice. link] Dr. Donna Y. Theory into Practice.

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