When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha was little when ...

DALLAS — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class.

DALLAS — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha was ...

Under the Dallas school system’s policy, Tha’s parents didn’t need to sign him up for advanced math. A teacher or counselor didn’t have to recommend him, either. In many schools, those are the hoops a ...

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

In classrooms and communities across Arizona, thousands of students who demonstrate readiness for advanced mathematics courses are never given the opportunity to do so. This isn’t due to ability or ...