Two popular data science curricula, UCLA's Introduction to Data Science and Stanford's youcubed, have emerged as substitutes for Algebra 2. However, critics argue that substituting data science could harm Black and Latino students by offering superficial knowledge.
Data science proponents highlight high failure rates of Black and Latino students in Algebra, emphasizing the real-world applications and student motivation in data science over theoretical algebra topics. UC and CSU recently reversed acceptance of data science as an advanced math requirement.
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