During a math lesson last week at the Bronx’s Fannie Lou Hammer Middle School, where teachers have been using Illustrative Math for seven years, eighth-grade teacher Emma Comstock Reid handed ...

They want to give it time to build for the students. Touchet, who teaches eighth-grade math, said teachers are filling gaps by providing review lessons before moving into new material.

Nina, now in seventh grade, flourished. “I’m in between seventh- and eighth-grade math now,” she said, proudly. “It gave me more confidence in myself.” ...

Cambridge Public Schools will phase Algebra 1 back into eighth grade math courses over the next few years. The district has faced a wave of pushback from parents and community leaders over the ...