Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests it’s working

While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...
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Seventh grade is key to balancing California’s math equation

During years of focusing on how many 8th graders take Algebra I, Californians have often overlooked a measure of student performance that is crucial to students’ long-term success in math and ...

Algebra will return to S.F. middle schools after more than a decade. Here's how it could play out

Algebra I will return to San Francisco middle schools, much to the relief of parents who've fought for a decade to bring it ...

Grown Here at Home: Hydroponics garden continues to keep students in Rocky Mount excited about math

In Jennifer Hatch’s seventh-grade math class at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Rocky Mount, not every lesson comes from a ...
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Another study questions state's push for 8th grade Algebra

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 ...