How We're Adding Racial Balance to the Math Equation.

Marlowe, John; Culler, Katharyn

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ERIC Number: EJ349212

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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How We're Adding Racial Balance to the Math Equation.

Marlowe, John; Culler, Katharyn

Executive Educator, v9 n4 p24-25 Apr 1987

Describes an Albany (California) High School program addressing racial imbalances in remedial and advanced mathematics course enrollments. The Professional Development Program, used successfully at University of California, Berkeley, featured an integrated honors/group study approach easily adapted to a high school setting. Since 1983, black students' algebra failure rates have decreased by 50 percent. (MLH)

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum, Mathematics Achievement, Minority Groups, Racial Balance, Racial Distribution, Remedial Programs, Secondary Education, Social Support Groups, Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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