We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.

Want to help your eighth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand rational and irrational numbers. Know that a rational number can be ...

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 ...

Sports provide an engaging way of exploring a host of mathematical concepts. Any hard-core baseball fan knows that the game can’t truly be appreciated without an understanding of some essential ...

Stephanie Brunner, second from right, works with Conner Crutchfield, Bryant Robertson and Alyssa Simmonds, left to right, during an 8th grade math class on Tuesday at Willowcreek Middle School in Lehi ...

In Gilroy Prep’s eighth-grade math class, there are no quiet rows of orderly desks facing an instructor. Instead, the room feels less like a classroom and more like the floor of a stock exchange, with ...

My son failed his 7th-grade math class. The school told me I had two options: make him repeat 7th grade (which they discouraged me from doing) or send him to 8th grade. But if he couldn’t handle ...