All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I now that board members ...

San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower ...

Students should not be left to struggle with routine math needed to manage their finances, bake a cake or do a home repair.

This year all Springfield eighth graders have an opportunity to take algebra for the first time in a number of years ...

The San Francisco school board approved a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade ...

Charles County Public Schools is set to implement a new math policy adopted by the Maryland State Department of Education ...

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 ...

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Cal State no longer will require all its general education math courses to have a strict intermediate algebra prerequisite — a policy that has long stymied students trying to transfer from community ...

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 ...