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SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's school board could vote Tuesday night on bringing back algebra for students in 8th grade after the district eliminated the course from its middle schools a decade ago.

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Unanimous approval follows hours of comments by a public split over accelerating algebra, emphasizing 'big ideas' over math facts and crediting data science as advanced math. The new administration ...

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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 ...

As state and school leaders across the country push to have more students take algebra in 8th grade, a new study argues that middle schoolers struggling the most in math are being enrolled in that ...

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math ...