Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's school board could vote Tuesday night on bringing back algebra for students in 8th grade after the district eliminated the course from its middle schools a decade ago.

San Francisco middle school students will be able to take Algebra 1 again for the first time since the Obama years — albeit as an elective.

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 in eighth grade.

BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...

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 ...

All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I now that board members ...

More than 1 in 3 public school students now take Algebra 1 before high school. For those students to succeed, schools must adjust middle school programs to better match student readiness to class ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Some San Francisco leaders want more middle school students to be able to take algebra. Ten years ago, San Francisco's school board voted to eliminate 8th-grade algebra. San Francisco ...

San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower ...

This year all Springfield eighth graders have an opportunity to take algebra for the first time in a number of years ...