At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Want to help your 11th-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your student will be learning in the classroom. For high school students, math skills and understandings are organized not by ...

Here's how you can help your 11th grader with math outside of the classroom. You might not be able to help your child with the more difficult elements of their math homework, but by asking to see ...