4+ day, 12+ hour ago (545+ words) Overview: A new study shows that high-achieving Black children are less likely to be enrolled in Algebra 1 classes in middle school compared to their non-Black peers. (WIB) " A new study is sounding the alarm: Even when Black students are at the top of their class, they're still being shut out of Algebra 1 "the early gateway to every advanced math, college, and STEM opportunity that comes after it. A study by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) analyzed data from 162,000 eighth-graders across 22 states and found significant racial disparities in access to Algebra 1. Only 58% of schools in the sample even offered Algebra 1 by the eighth grade. That percentage dropped to 46% in high-poverty schools and 52% for rural schools. In schools with a large share of Black and Latino students, access gets even more limited: just 45% of them offered the course at all. RELATED: New…...