"To do that, we needed to have them take Algebra I in eighth grade." Many math experts warned against the move. "This whole idea is a very naive belief that if we just kind of make it for everybody, ...

In recent years, some critics have questioned the math curriculum. Professor emeritus Andrew Hacker of CUNY has openly stated that high school students should not have to learn algebra. Hacker argues ...

The cultural shift to the political right will have foreseeable consequences, but banning of controversial books such as “Huckleberry Finn,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Catcher in the Rye” and “The ...

Monroe County Community College will offer a free Algebra Boot Camp starting Monday, March 10.

Like, I hear people all the time going, like, when are we gonna learn about taxes ... big until they realized those big numbers made the algebra a little harder to figure out.

SMU Researcher Awarded $14 Million Grant to Improve Math Learning Loss Nationwide, Setting SMU Record for Highest Single ...

In algebra, letters are used to stand for values that can change (variables) or for values that are not known (unknowns). A term is a number or letter on its own, or numbers and letters multiplied ...

Algebra is used in Maths when we do not know the exact number(s) in a calculation. In algebra we use letters to represent unknown values or values that can change. Algebra can be used in business ...

An initiative aimed at raising student achievement doesn't give students enough practice with foundational skills, some say.