Florida pushed back on AP classes. Its first alternative option? Algebra

FACT Algebra is aligned with the entry-level general requirement math class many students take at Florida colleges and ...
Education Week

4 Questions to Boost Algebra Gains for Middle Schoolers

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

No Algebra, No Graduation

To Zeke Villalobos, x + y equals nothing but anxiety. He didn’t get algebra the first time he took it, and he’s having a hard time with it now. But as a high school senior, the 16-year-old San Juan ...
Education Week

Educators, Researchers Look for Lessons in Blended Learning Algebra Program

Although Carnegie Learning’s Cognitive Tutor Algebra 1 is the only blended learning curriculum Mary Brierley has ever taught, she trusts its quality. “It’s made me change the way I question students, ...
Los Angeles Times

Algebra 2 Honors to replace Algebra 2 and Trigonometry class in HBUHSD

The new honors course will now serve as the advanced and weighted alternative to Algebra 2 starting in the 2023-2024 school year. The Huntington Beach Union High School District (HBUHSD) agreed to ...
EdSurge

Is Algebra Really Necessary?

Education reformers often bemoan that schools never shed programs that are no longer needed or effective. New school initiatives are consequently layered on top of past practices, which means schools ...