Middle school students who narrowly fail to meet the rigorous requirements needed to take Grade 8 algebra now will get another chance to take advanced algebra in Grade 9, under changes proposed by a ...

At Carr Intermediate, it’s hard to find any course that matters more than algebra. Students at the Santa Ana school spend two hours each day in algebra classes, twice as much time as in any other ...

The new state policy of requiring algebra in the eighth grade will set up unprepared students for failure while holding back others with solid math skills, a new report has concluded. These ...

After a decade of debate and division, the San Francisco Unified School District is adding algebra back into its eighth grade curriculum at a third of its middle schools starting next year. "For fun, ...

The school board has voted against adding a pilot Grade 8 algebra class at the town’s two middle schools for the coming school year. The only yes vote came from Zaya Oshana, who had suggested the ...

D.C. Public Schools plans to spend $6.2 million in its 2018 budget to bring algebra classes, engineering and computer science electives, coding clubs, lacrosse and archery to its middle schools. Mayor ...

The state Board of Education may decide Thursday that all high-school students must pass algebra II to graduate, adding Washington to the list of states ratcheting up their math requirements. If ...