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 ...

For districts aiming to increase the number of students taking Algebra 1 before high school, a key policy lever could be pulled earlier—when students are just entering middle school. When the Dallas ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) – Florida ninth-graders who took the state's first ever end-of-course Algebra I exam, on average, got only 41-percent of the answers correct. Education Commissioner Eric Smith ...

Algebra has long been a fundamental part of any high school math curriculum. In many places it's become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students ...

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’ ...