Changing the Equation in Higher Education Policy
Publications
On Higher Education
The Mathematics of Opportunity: Rethinking the Role of Math in Educational Equity, Just Equations, November 2018
Changing the Architecture of Math Opportunity, Just Equations, November 2018
California Expands Math Horizons for College Students, Medium, July 2018
Multiple Paths Forward: Diversifying Math Pathways as a Strategy for Student Success, WestEd and Just Equations, May 2018
Fewer Students Have to Take College Remedial Math, Data Show, The Hechinger Report, May 2018
A Quiet Revolt Reshaping the Pathway to College, EdSource, April 2018
CSU Finally Ends Remedial Classes That Delay Progress Toward a Degree, San Francisco Chronicle, August 2017
Placement Tests Land Many Students in a Math Maze Instead of on Pathways to Success, EdSource, February 2017
CSU Needs More Effective Way to Assess Students' Math Readiness, EdSource, February 2017
Quantitative Leap: How Math Policies can Support Transitions To and Through College, LearningWorks, March 2016
Math Placement Tests Deserve More Scrutiny, EdSource, November 2015
Cal State Comes Clean About Math Test’s Limitations, Huffington Post, September 2015
Community Colleges Sending Too Many into Remedial Math, with Eloy Ortiz Oakley, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2015
The Pitfalls of Community College Placement Tests, Huffington Post, May 2015.
Degrees of Freedom: Probing Math Placement Policies at California Colleges and Universities, LearningWorks and Policy Analysis for California Education, May 2015
Building New Pathways to Math Success, EdSource, May 2015
Degrees of Freedom: Varying Routes to Math Readiness and the Challenge of Intersegmental Alignment, LearningWorks and Policy Analysis for California Education, May 2015
Degrees of Freedom: Diversifying Math Requirements for College Readiness and Graduation, LearningWorks and Policy Analysis for California Education, April 2015
How Redesigning Math Education Might Produce More College Grads, The Campaign for College Opportunity, January 2014
Changing Equations: How Community Colleges are Re-thinking College Readiness in Math, LearningWorks, October 2013
Should College Statistics Courses Substitute for Intermediate Algebra?, The College Puzzle Blog, October 2013
Where To Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College, Jobs for the Future, August 2012
A Place for Placement Exams, The College Puzzle Blog, August 2012
Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness, Jobs for the Future, September 2011
Does California's Master Plan Still Work? Change, July/August 2009
Legislators Slash Budgets, Cal State System Bleeds, KCRW's Which Way, LA?, radio appearance, July 16, 2009
The Student Debt Dilemma: Debt Aversion as a Barrier to College Access, The Institute for College Access and Success, discussion paper, October 2005
A Quiet Revolt Puts Costly Journals on Web, New York Times, June 26, 2004
On Education Policy
Do We Spend Too Much On Education?, New York Times, Room for Debate, August 23, 2011
Vision Correction: A Philosopher's View of Equality in Education, Spencer Foundation AERA Lecture, April 2011
Object Lessons: The Elusive Connection Between Policy and School Improvement, Spencer Foundation Bixby Lecture, October 2010
Learning, Improvement, and Accountability: Outlining the Dimensions of the Data Discourse, Spencer Foundation AERA Lecture, April 2010
On Community Colleges
Focus on Success -- Q&A on Community Colleges and College Readiness, R&D Alert, Spring 2010
A Societal Imperative: Changing the Way We Think About Community Colleges, National Crosstalk, December 2009
Sustaining Changes that Support Student Success in Community Colleges, New Directions for Community Colleges, Spring 2009
Start New Community College Chancellor Off on the Right Foot, with Michael Kirst, San Jose Mercury News, September 6, 2008
Community College Funding Crucial but Poorly Understood, San Jose Mercury News, February 20, 2008
Too Many California Students Not Ready for College, with Marshall S. Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2007
Building a 'Bridge to Success' at Colleges, with Marshall S. Smith, Sacramento Bee, February 11, 2007
