I was dumbfounded reading the “Ask the teacher” column [“8th-grade algebra does not add up,” July 16]about requiring eighth-graders to be tested in algebra. I learned algebra in 1963 at McCumber ...

Supporters say integrated math opens doors to a variety of STEM pathways in high school. The tradeoff? It may leave some ...

Master factoring quadratic trinomials even when the terms look out of order. Math problems don't always appear in standard ...

The purpose of all of the developmental mathematics courses is to support student success academically and beyond by advancing critical thinking and reasoning skills. Specifically in Algebra I, as a ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

Algebraic structures such as groups, rings, modules and semigroups provide the foundational language for modern mathematics, encoding symmetry, arithmetic and combinatorial properties in a unified ...

When I decided to read every word of California’s 1,000-page proposal to transform math education in public schools, I learned that even speculative and unproved ideas can end up as official ...