Its solution: Have all students take Algebra 1—the foundational course of high school math—in 9th grade. S y stem leaders had two main goals with the plan: First, to give all students a more ...

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...

According to a 2013 report from the Brookings Institution, the number of students taking Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course (such as geometry) in eighth grade nearly tripled between 1990 and ...

Some say the changes could complicate efforts around the country to put 8th graders in Algebra 1—a still-debated trend that's grown over the past two decades.

A majority of ninth-graders in Los Angeles fail algebra or pass with a D grade. Algebra grades of LAUSD freshmen in fall 2004: C and above 39%. D 17%. F 44% * ...

Until eighth-grade Algebra 1 is universal, the district plans to expand an existing free online summer program, the CAMBridge Program, that incoming ninth-grade students can use to place out of ...

Voters will voice their opinions on San Francisco Unified School District’s math curriculum on a March 2024 ballot.

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math ...