So districts simply took their ninth grade algebra textbook and content and started using it in eighth grade, he said. Minnesota now ranks lower on state-by-state comparisons of calculus enrollment ...

Some places are moving to universal early algebra. Minnesota has required it for years — with less-than-promising results.

Conversely, poor schools are much less likely to adopt an algebra-for-all policy in eighth grade. Nearly half of the wealthiest schools offered algebra to all of their eighth grade students, ...

Students who take Algebra 1 in eighth grade and do well enough in the course to qualify for geometry in ninth grade are on track to take calculus before graduating from high school.

Algebra I won’t be considered a ninth-grade course anymore in Pasco County schools. Calling it a gateway to success in many career and college preparation programs, superintendent John Legg said ...

The benefit of having everybody exposed to algebra in eighth grade is that it opens that door to more advanced math classes,” Jason Long, EPISD’s executive director of advanced academics, told ...

New Lebanon middle school math teacher Ronda Nisbet has been named the District 3 Teacher of the Year in Ohio.

Portland Public Schools is the latest urban school district to wade into the surprisingly fierce debate over who gets to take advanced math in middle school.

The gains are the latest of a series of achievements for Alabama schools.

At St. Ambrose Catholic School, the mission and focus is on creating a welcoming environment that shares and teaches the ...

Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in eighth grade are more likely to sign up for more advanced math ...

The Hechinger Report covers the reasons behind the initiative to have students take algebra in eighth grade, as well as its results, in Minnesota.