Barriers to higher math achievement for Black students were not always the case, the Just Equations report found. (©Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)“Many Black students attending segregated schools had the support of Black educators who believed in their brilliance and ability,” the report notes. After integration, Black students in desegregated high schools were often steered away from Algebra I and into non–college track, lower-level courses, including general math and consumer math. “Algebra I thus emerged as one of the first math gatekeepers for Black students following Brown v. Board of Education,” the report found. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort, both inside the system and outside the system, to change math education and opportunities for Black students,” she said.