Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students go over their answers together during a summer geometry course at Galileo High in 2023. Algebra I will officially be back ...

More than 1 in 3 public school students now take Algebra 1 before high school. For those students to succeed, schools must adjust middle school programs to better match student readiness to class ...

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...

Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in eighth grade are more likely to sign up for more advanced math ...

A year after seemingly resolving the long-standing controversy over when to offer Algebra 1, Cambridge Public Schools leaders are once again at loggerheads over the class, a critical prerequisite for ...

Portland Public Schools backed off from its plan to discontinue accelerated middle school math classes this week, saying the proposal — intended to improve educational equity and boost math mastery — ...