Commentary: 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 for Algebra 2. The University of California and California State University systems previously accepted data science as an advanced math requirement in place of Algebra 2. But UC and CSU both recently reversed that decision.

Data science proponents cite the of Black and Latino students even in Algebra and Stanford’s .