A student completes an algebra assignment at a Trinity, Fla., high school on Sept. 9, 2025. States and districts have stepped up efforts to enroll more students in Algebra 1 by 8th grade—and address ...

Houston ISD will place all current in a new "accelerated math" pathway next year, expanding access to Algebra 1 before high school and more advanced coursework later on. Starting in the 2026-27 school ...

In the last few years, the Socorro Independent School District has been preparing its middle school students to enroll in algebra once they get to the eighth grade — a class typically taken by high ...

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 ...

El Paso Independent School District middle schoolers will be automatically enrolled in an advanced math class this school year, with the plan of getting nearly all eighth graders enrolled in Algebra 1 ...

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 ...

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This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. When my daughter started ninth grade at her ...

Introducing our comprehensive worksheets and assessments bundle designed to complement the educational video lessons for Algebra in Term 1 of the Grade 8 Maths Curriculum! Whether you’re a dedicated ...

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a story about a study that looked at the rising number of students taking algebra in 8th grade and made the argument that many of those middle schoolers are woefully ...

SAN FRANCISCO—In a letter sent on July 12, Friends of Lowell Foundation, a group of parents, called for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to place a ballot measure in the 2024 election to make ...