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 ...

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 ...

In the 1970s, the band Algebra Mothers were cult favorites in Detroit's rebellious punk rock scene. The four friends from Cass Tech High School released a single called "Strawberry Cheesecake" that ...