Middle schoolers' access to the course is stratified along racial, socioeconomic, and regional lines, new research finds.

Schools are less likely to offer Latino and Black students early algebra, limiting odds they will get advanced courses and higher-paying jobs.

The school board voted 6-1 in February 2024 to reinstate Algebra 1 and launched pilot programs at seven schools for the ...

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

California requires the State Board of Education to adopt at least five math programs in grades K-8. The board far surpassed ...

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The California State Board of Education officially adopted Kiddom IM® v.360 California, certified by Illustrative Mathematics (IM), for K-8 math and Algebra 1 in the state's 2025 Mathematics ...

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

The push for algebra-for-all policies may inadvertently take a toll on high-achieving students, a new study suggests, by slowing their rate of academic improvement. The research looked at changes in ...

I got an A in algebra II, I think. That was long ago. I do know that I have long since forgotten whatever I learned in that course and have never used it since. Later, he explains what mathematics is ...