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 ...

How do you solve a problem like eighth grade algebra? Not the actual problems covered by the syllabus — the graphing of compound inequalities, say, or the untangling of scatter plots — but the ...

Cambridge Public Schools will phase Algebra 1 back into eighth grade math courses over the next few years. The district has faced a wave of pushback from parents and community leaders over the ...

At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

Cambridge Public Schools officials said the city’s latest attempt to implement Algebra 1 courses for all eighth graders will be delayed one year, another setback after three decades of back-and-forth ...

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic ...

Helpers facilitate the 24 Game as part of an Algebra Academy field trip. Math-oriented games highlight Algebra Academy event at Merrill College. Thirteen-year-old Alejandra Ponce selected an L-shaped ...

Long a staple of the high school curriculum, the mathematics-course sequence of Algebra 1, geometry, and Algebra 2 is facing a budding challenge as schools transition to the Common Core State ...

https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc.45.1.0006 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/jresematheduc.45.1.0006 Copy URL Although policy documents promote teaching ...

Anne Arundel County Public School students outpaced the state average in English language arts proficiency and exceeded in science, but showed mixed results in math skills, according to Maryland ...