The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) decided recently to eliminate first-year algebra for 8th graders. Algebra will now be offered only in high school. Of course, it is a mistake to allow ...
Algebra I will return to San Francisco middle schools, much to the relief of parents who've fought for a decade to bring it ...
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 ...
Parents have been fighting for more than a decade to bring Algebra I courses back.
At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...