HISD plans to put all 6th–7th graders on an accelerated math track so Algebra I can happen in 8th grade, the district says.

San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at ...

Math proficiency among eight graders at Albuquerque Public Schools has fallen slightly, according to last year’s state ...

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BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...

But under a 2006 Minnesota law designed to boost the number of students going into math and science careers, all eighth graders were required to take Algebra I. At the time, legislators argued that ...