The district’s experiment unfolds daily in Ernest Yago’s cheerfully cluttered math ... over worksheets — the thinking is they will be better prepared for the rigors of eighth grade algebra.

Cambridge Public Schools will phase Algebra 1 back into eighth grade math courses over the next few years. The district has faced a wave of pushback from parents and community leaders over the ...

the San Francisco Unified School District is adding algebra back into its eighth grade curriculum at a third of its middle schools starting next year. "For fun, you definitely don't do math.