Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...

The San Francisco school board approved a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade ...

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San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower ...

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 ...

All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I now that board members ...

After a two-year pilot, the San Francisco Unified School District seems to have come up with a plan for bringing Algebra 1 back to eighth grade.

Incoming ninth-grade students at San Francisco’s public high schools will be placed into varying math courses and monitored for their performance under a new policy passed at the Board of Education on ...

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 Basic ...