A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis. OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo ...

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 ...

DPI says the proposed new math standards will help make the courses more meaningful for students in life after high school.

Giving struggling 9th graders an extra helping of algebra can provide an edge in college years later—but only if students study with peers who challenge them academically. In 2003, Chicago Public ...

Achievement gaps between student groups have worsened in the wake of the pandemic and its disruptions to learning. Credit: File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

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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 ...

EdSource · California gears up for a big shift in how we teach kids to read Latino and African-American students were less likely to pass algebra 1 and less likely to attend high schools that offer ...

Few students in honors algebra take rigorous work Scores on 12th grade math and science tests are not improving despite increase in %22advanced%22 work Parents ...