ELLINWOOD, Kansas – It’s a money saving measure that takes algebra class out of the eighth grade in Ellinwood Middle School. “In our district with our size of school, we have limited staff and ...

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 ...

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) decided recently to eliminate first-year algebra for 8th graders. Algebra will now be offered only in high school. Of course, it is a mistake to allow ...

Algebra is considered the gateway to advanced mathematics, and school districts across the country have hoped to diversify access to college-preparatory math by increasing the number of students who ...

WASHINGTON – More kids than ever are taking algebra in eighth grade but not necessarily learning more math, private researchers report. In fact, while eighth-graders are doing better on national math ...

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic ...

“Eighth grade, they’re just in full-on puberty, hormones,” said Zach Loy, another math teacher at the high school, an hour’s drive from Minneapolis. “Are they capable of sitting down and focusing on ...

An education committee recommended Tuesday that the state stop docking the test scores of districts that don’t offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The recommendation by the Public Schools Accountability Act ...

A recent lesson in teacher Mike Taliana’s algebra class at Oceanside’s Lincoln Middle School: Write the equation of the line with y intercept = 3 and perpendicular to y = ½x + 4. Anyone still there?