I wrote about my interview with CSTA Executive Director, Chris Stephenson, yesterday and mentioned their emphasis on teaching algorithmic approaches to problem solving as early as primary school.

ST. JOHN — After five years of offering an algebra class for high-ability seventh-grade students instead of the regular advanced math course, Lake Central schools has decided to drop it in the face of ...

Under the Common Core State Standards, Algebra 1 is a much tougher course than what was taught previously in most states, teachers and standards experts say, in part because many of the concepts that ...

Many of us groan when we think back to high school algebra class. Imagine taking the course as a seventh-grader - and, no, it's not a new form of punishment. A handful of campuses in the Houston ...

Spurred by a succession of reports pointing to the importance of algebra as a gateway to college, educators and policymakers embraced “algebra for all” policies in the 1990s and began working to ...