Data science v algebra II: Educators debate what math classes high school students need. Published 12:18 pm Thursday, March 7, 2024. By JAVERIA SALMAN Special to The Washington Post.

Harvard University recently announced a remedial algebra course to address some of the mathematical struggles its incoming students are facing. This isn’t a reflection on the nation’s oldest ...

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...

News Brief. Thursday, January 25, 2024 — 8:53 am. San Francisco Unified students could start taking Algebra 1 classes before high school. San Francisco students could start taking Algebra 1 classes ...

Using data-driven insights, a tech-industry-derived focus on return on investment, and public-facing advocacy, the Gates Foundation has nudged school districts toward its core tenets.

Taking algebra in eighth grade sets students like the Kaczenski twins up for geometry in ninth grade, advanced algebra by 10th grade, pre-calculus in 11th grade and calculus by their senior year.

The issue, they say, is that without taking algebra I in middle school, it’s difficult for students to reach advanced classes later that would better prepare them for STEM college degrees and ...

The Boulder Valley School District is looking for ways to provide more equitable access to advanced math classes, as well as improving math instruction overall.

Cambridge school leaders say they can’t reinstate the advanced math classes in middle school: Many students continue to reel from pandemic-related learning losses and are not ready to take ...