Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at ...

Eighth graders can be successful in Algebra 1, new research suggests—they just might need some extra support. The findings come from a study of San Francisco schools, which has had a turbulent history ...

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 ...

In her column “Why schools should bring back eighth-grade algebra” (Opinion, March 9), Marcela García seems to argue that, when it comes to teaching children mathematics, one size fits all. Having ...

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 ...

The San Francisco school board approved a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade after it was removed over equity concerns. By Dana Goldstein The San Francisco ...