Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at ...

Teaching algebra at home doesn’t have to be intimidating. With the right curriculum fit, engaging strategies, and proper placement, you can turn math time into a confidence-building experience. From ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students go over their answers together during a summer geometry course at San Francisco's Galileo High in 2023. (Amaya ...

A Massachusetts district is experimenting with universal eighth-grade algebra, raising fresh questions about access, ...

More kids than ever are taking algebra in eighth grade but not necessarily learning more math, private researchers report. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ask parent Janina Matuszeski what she has valued most about her twins’ experience in the Cambridge Public ...

When students prove they're ready for advanced math, schools should enroll them automatically. New NAEP data shows how many ...

EVERETT — Here’s some interesting math: Enrollment in eighth-grade algebra has more than doubled in the Everett School District over the past year. Other middle schools in Snohomish County are also ...

Heated messages are still pouring in about my Sept. 22 Metro section column for The Post, "Recalculating the 8th Grade Algebra Push http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp ...

Think about the so-called "story problems" you studied in algebra and other math classes. How many of them dealt with, say, two trains which, no matter how far they traveled, could never catch your ...

Spurred by a succession of reports pointing to the importance of algebra as a gateway to college, educators and policymakers embraced “algebra for all” policies in the 1990s and began working to ...

The way Michelle Truax’s eighth-grade algebra students were enthusiastically blurting out answers, it appeared they were grasping the day’s lesson. But when six students came up with wrong solutions ...