College kids’ math skills worse than ever, California finds — blame our pass-the-buck public schools

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...
Education Week

A Subset of Math Skills Predicts Algebra 1 Success. What Are They?

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’ ...
Business Wire

Survey Shows 82% of U.S. Students in Grades 7-10 Are Fearful of Math, Risking America’s Ability to Compete for STEM Jobs

BENGALURU, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. students’ fear of math is accelerating, according to a recent survey gauging student confidence in their math abilities, proficiency and correlation between ...
Hoodline

SF Parents Fume as 8th Grade Algebra Comeback Stalls Out

The school board voted 6-1 in February 2024 to reinstate Algebra 1 and launched pilot programs at seven schools for the ...
The Harvard Crimson

School Committee Reviews Updates on Universal Preschool and Eighth Grade Algebra

Officials from Cambridge Public Schools updated the School Committee on the status of two decades-long projects — Algebra 1 in eighth grade and universal preschool — in a Tuesday meeting. The ...