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Historically speaking, Algebra 1 has been reserved for ninth or tenth grade, and research indicates the majority of students ...
A real-world substitute for the standard Algebra 2 curriculum appeals to high-school students whose next step is not college but the workforce.
A new Texas law calls for every student who performs in the top 40% on a fifth-grade math assessment to be enrolled automatically in advanced math for sixth grade.
Fewer than one in five students who took an Algebra 1 "honors" class were actually exposed to rigorous mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress's latest high ...
The algebra part wasn’t a joke: Peggy Worthen earned a bachelor’s degree at the school when she was in her 40s and nearly didn’t get it because she initially flunked her algebra final. She ...
Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...
Sixth-graders in the math class taught by Marietta Gibb and Nicole Parasiliti at DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca, N.Y., work in small groups to practice different skills in the same class. (Steven ...
Some of the students OPB has been following in the Class of 2025 spend twice as much time in math classes as their peers, an effort that gives students a better understanding — and better grades ...