One thing both sides of the math-wars debate should agree on is this: Educators can set high standards, but the higher standards only help students if the students have a base of knowledge from which ...

The new state policy of requiring algebra in the eighth grade will set up unprepared students for failure while holding back others with solid math skills, a new report has concluded. These ...

AP English teacher Mark Hernandez speaks to students at Gunn High School in Palo Alto on March 16, 2022. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A judge has ruled that the Palo Alto Unified School District’s method ...

Add this to California school boards’ to-do lists for 2016: Create a clear-cut, objective policy for determining which incoming 9 th-grade students qualify to accelerate their sequence of math courses ...

A bill introduced recently in the state Senate might provide relief for the thousands of Minnesota high-schoolers in jeopardy of not graduating because of a new math test. The new test is part of the ...