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

San Francisco school officials have released a long-awaited plan that allows proficient eighth-graders to skip ahead to ...

Houston ISD will place all sixth and seventh graders on an accelerated math pathway starting this fall, aiming for every ...

HISD plans to put all 6th–7th graders on an accelerated math track so Algebra I can happen in 8th grade, the district says.

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Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.

CBS12 News’ next "Teacher Feature's” pre-algebra students outperformed his school’s average by an impressive margin.

Cal State no longer will require all its general education math courses to have a strict intermediate algebra prerequisite — a policy that has long stymied students trying to transfer from community ...

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...