If a student’s transcript shows the successful completion of Algebra 2, what does that really mean? Although a lot more students today are completing the course, a new analysis suggests that line on ...

Nothing about Algebra II is easy. Educators applauded lawmakers in June for dumping Algebra II as an end-of-course exam after less than half of students passed the test over its three-year existence.

Should all students take Algebra 2? Florida seemed to say “no” this spring with the passage of a law striking it from graduation requirements. Texas said much the same in legislation Republican Gov.

The article was updated March 5 to include the letter from high-tech executives supporting the Algebra II requirement. It also clarifies that AP Statistics is for students who have completed Algebra ...

As Texas reconsiders whether all students should take algebra II to earn a high school diploma, it is bucking a national trend that it helped launch a decade ago toward more stringent math curriculum.

PHOENIX - 'In Arizona, high school students are currently required to complete a course called Algebra 2 in order to graduate, but that requirement could be a thing of the past if lawmakers pass a new ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — For those of you who struggle with math, or simply do not like it, you soon may be able to rejoice. On Wednesday, Minnesota State Senator Robert Farnsworth (R-Hibbing) introduced a ...

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Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities High school math, and algebra, in particular, is in crisis. Although some students thrive on the pathway to ...

April 20, 2006 Mathematics underpins our understanding of the universe – it provides a lingua franca for everything we can measure and visualize. Which is why we think the new Cognitive Tutor 2006 ...

PHOENIX (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) — Could Algebra II soon be a high school requirement of the past? A bill making its way through the state’s legislature is seeking to replace Algebra II with what ...