Abstract
Abstract The EQUALS and FAMILY MATH programs at the Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California, Berkeley) were first developed from a concern with gender equity and then were widened to encompass issues concerning race and class of all underrepresented students in mathematics. The evolution from a single‐focus equity program to a multiple focus is described. The specifics of each program's philosophy, methods, and impacts are explained, and the characteristics of programs that enable students to succeed in mathematics are presented. Finally, future directions for the projects are discussed in light of teachers’ needs to untangle social and class inequities that occur in classrooms and that create barriers to children's learning. The task for each of us is to challenge the educational system that has resulted in socially unjust outcomes in mathematics classrooms and to examine, reshape, and diversify instructional practice and attitudes to eliminate gender, race, and class biases that hinder and in...
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