Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 in eighth grade.

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

Portland Public Schools will continue offering algebra to select eighth-graders but will reset its bar for which students can enter the fast-tracked math class that precedes it. That’s a pivot, given ...

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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 ...

After a two-year pilot, the San Francisco Unified School District seems to have come up with a plan for bringing Algebra 1 back to eighth grade.

The drive to get every student to take so-called college gateway courses has succeeded, a new federal study finds, but students taking Algebra 1 and Geometry classes are getting considerably less ...

This year all Springfield eighth graders have an opportunity to take algebra for the first time in a number of years ...