Having access to Algebra 1 in eighth grade can often make or break a student’s path to high school calculus, which in turn, ...

Despite being a vocal opponent of reintroducing the class to eighth grade classrooms, candidate Brandee Marckmann appeared to ...

San Francisco eighth graders will have the option to take Algebra 1 next year after it was pulled from the school district’s middle school curriculum in 2014, and a yearslong campaign sought to ...

When students take Algebra 1 matters. If high schoolers don’t pass the course by 9th grade, they’re unlikely to reach college-preparatory math in high school. There are too many courses to get through ...

A new report from the New York Equity Coalition finds that more than 20,000 New York students who scored proficient on seventh-grade math tests were not enrolled in Algebra 1 in eighth grade. The gap ...

Administrators at Maryland’s Calvert County Public Schools believed the math classes they added to their course catalog years ...

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 ...

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 ...