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

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's school board could vote Tuesday night on bringing back algebra for students in 8th grade after the district eliminated the course from its middle schools a decade ago.

San Francisco middle school students will be able to take Algebra 1 again for the first time since the Obama years — albeit ...

ELLINWOOD, Kansas – It’s a money saving measure that takes algebra class out of the eighth grade in Ellinwood Middle School. “In our district with our size of school, we have limited staff and ...

Algebra is considered the gateway to advanced mathematics, and school districts across the country have hoped to diversify access to college-preparatory math by increasing the number of students who ...

Responding to data which showed placing 8th grade students into separate Algebra 1 and Algebra 8 courses led to racial inequality, Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board members voted on Monday to ...

San Francisco is restoring eighth-grade algebra after more than a decade, with the San Francisco Board of Education voting 4-3 Tuesday night to approve the change, reversing a controversial policy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I now that board members voted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a math worksheet with algebra problems This article was originally published in El Paso Matters. In the last few years, the ...

An education committee recommended Tuesday that the state stop docking the test scores of districts that don’t offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The recommendation by the Public Schools Accountability Act ...

The State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to remove state incentives encouraging schools to offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The move was both a vote of confidence in the new Common Core ...