Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period ...

A pre-algebra course gives students the fundamental knowledge they’ll need to do well when it comes time to take Algebra 1. Pre-algebra introduces topics like percentages, decimals and linear ...

The school wanted to place her not in algebra but in pre-algebra in eighth grade. “I told the school that the recommendation was ridiculous,” the father told me. ... (8th grade content). 2.

Roughly 30% of eighth graders in the district took Algebra 1 during the 2023-24 school year, Long said. Meanwhile, some El Paso school districts have already reached or surpassed the state’s goal.

But Minnesota kept universal algebra in eighth grade and to date is the only state that’s adopted and stuck with the policy. California mandated its plan in 2008 but reversed course in 2010 after a ...

Updated at 7:16 a.m. Aug. 3. Cambridge Public Schools will phase Algebra 1 back into eighth grade math courses over the next few years. The district has faced a wave of pushback from parents and ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hillsborough County Public Schools is asking the public to help name a new Pre-K to 8th Grade school that is expected to open in South Tampa next summer. The new magnet ...

“If you don’t master Algebra 1 by the end of eighth grade, you likely won’t get to precalculus by senior year,” Austin said. “That means that you cannot do well on the SATs. You will not ...

That didn’t stop San Francisco from dropping eighth-grade algebra in 2014 in the name of reducing inequities. The idea was to boost minority achievement, and the school district has claimed success.

Kristin Cavallari revealed that she was "let down" by her 8th grade ex-boyfriend, whom she lost her virginity to, when he appeared on a stop of her 'Let's Be Honest' podcast tour. The reality star ...

East Syracuse Minoa school district officials say they hope to offer in-person instruction five days a week for students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade depending on staff and demand ...

So districts simply took their ninth-grade algebra textbook and content and started using it in eighth grade, he said. Many eighth graders aren't developmentally ready for the more complex ...