Students who didn’t have much prior math knowledge at all were the least likely to master new Algebra 1 concepts, with a 13% success rate. Students who had most of the math knowledge from ...

Nor does California have enough qualified math teachers to teach Algebra 1 to all eighth-graders, said Kathy Woods, president of the California Mathematics Council, which represents about 10,000 ...

Automatically enrolling students in advanced courses from day one of middle school could change their math trajectory, a new ...

Algebra 1 is the most failed class in high schools across the country. At Green Mountain High School, a student-turned-teacher, who failed Algebra himself, is taking a new approach.

But Rebecca Bowie, a resident and an eighth-grade math teacher in another district, said Algebra 1 is not the right way to increase the middle school math curriculum, and that the School Committee ...

And without a college preparatory track of advanced math classes to take after algebra, the benefits of taking Algebra 1 in eighth grade are unlikely to accrue. It’s also not economically practical ...

Cambridge Public Schools no longer offers advanced math in middle school ... But families are impatient and have called for a clear path back to an eighth-grade class covering all of Algebra 1.