2005 Dropout STEM Strategy 
The Hechinger Report
JULY 13, 2021
Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Math courses are “the most significant barrier to degree completion in both STEM and non-STEM fields,” the authors concluded. One goal of that early-algebra trend was to get more kids through calculus and onto a STEM degree track.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.
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