A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

A student completes an algebra assignment at a Trinity, Fla., high school on Sept. 9, 2025. States and districts have stepped up efforts to enroll more students in Algebra 1 by 8th grade—and address ...

A national sample of 55,000 students across dozens of states revealed that even when they were ready for 8th-grade algebra based on their 7th-grade test scores, almost a quarter didn’t enroll in the ...

Some 25% of students are prepared for the course in 8th grade, but a quarter of that subset still don’t take it, NWEA research says.

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It's entirely possible to get a job and work your entire life without using the algebra lessons you learned in high school. However, as society continues to leverage technology and our reliance on ...

Sign up for EdSource’s free daily newsletter to stay ahead of what’s changing in California education. This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2017. A new policy from ...

Correction: An earlier version of this column said Robert P. Moses taught at a segregated middle school for Black children in the Mississippi Delta. He taught in Jackson, Miss. It also incorrectly ...

Tucker Carlson and Jess Elofson recently spoke about the use of algebra in daily life. The latter labeled it 'fake math', claiming that he hasn't used it to make his creations so far. Jess Elofson is ...