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 ...

Troy Superintendent Richard Machesky says that, after initial parent pushback, opposition to detracking of math classes in schools like Boulan Park, pictured here, has gone silent. Credit: Amanda J.