Should all students take Algebra 2? Florida seemed to say “no” this spring with the passage of a law striking it from graduation requirements. Texas said much the same in legislation Republican Gov.
More than 1 in 3 public school students now take Algebra 1 before high school. For those students to succeed, schools must adjust middle school programs to better match student readiness to class ...
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The New York Times ran a piece last weekend by Andrew Hacker, a professor of political science at Queens College of the City University of New York, who asked whether algebra was necessary, and then ...
A tug of war in San Francisco over whether to teach algebra in eighth or ninth grade gets at wider national questions about serving all students fairly. By Soumya Karlamangla How to make algebra ...
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Oddly, perhaps, one of my favorite Peanuts cartoon strips shows Snoopy in his usual nighttime position, lying on his back atop his beloved dog house. His thought bubble says, “Yet another year has ...
The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Both the math and ...
This math equation is sparking a debate on Facebook. With two possible answers, no one can decide which answer is correct. Do you have what it takes to find them both? Do you feel pretty confident in ...