Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

Many of us groan when we think back to high school algebra class. Imagine taking the course as a seventh-grader - and, no, it's not a new form of punishment. A handful of campuses in the Houston ...

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 ...

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. When my daughter started ninth grade at her New York City public high school, she was placed in algebra 1.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. If you’re an eighth grader who wants to take algebra, can you even take the class? The answer to ...

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Scottsdale Unified School District launches 'Math Powers Possibility,' an initiative to increase the number of students ...

BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...

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 ...

Ninth Grade Algebra, a division of LP Consulting, LLC, has launched “9th Grade Algebra Made Easy”, a comprehensive resource designed to help high school students build a strong foundation in algebra ...