WATSONVILLE — While there are numerous benefits to summer vacations, the absence of learning can allow students’ minds to wander and they may need to refresh their learning when school resumes. This ...

Cambridge Public Schools officials said the city’s latest attempt to implement Algebra 1 courses for all eighth graders will be delayed one year, another setback after three decades of back-and-forth ...

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. 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 ...

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 ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. If you’re an eighth grader who wants to take algebra, can you even take the class? The answer to ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

True story: My most recurring dream has to do with math. It’s a nightmare, really. My mind can’t shake off, even when I’m sleeping, the dread and utter misery I felt during my five college years while ...

Officials from Cambridge Public Schools updated the School Committee on the status of two decades-long projects — Algebra 1 in eighth grade and universal preschool — in a Tuesday meeting. The ...

Cambridge school leaders presented a plan Tuesday evening to teach Algebra 1 to all eighth-grade students by 2025, following months of controversy over a district policy that limits options for ...

If you have a rectangle with an area of 170 square inches and a length three times its width, what”s the rectangle”s width? If you”re having trouble finding an answer, you are in good company: so did ...

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 ...