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 ...

Many of us groan when we think back to high school algebra class. Imagine taking the course as a seventh-grader - and, no, it's not a new form of punishment. A handful of campuses in the Houston ...

During years of focusing on how many 8th graders take Algebra I, Californians have often overlooked a measure of student performance that is crucial to students’ long-term success in math and ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with their before class and to ...

Some school districts are adjusting the sequence in which they offer math courses to their highest achievers because of changes under the new Common Core State Standards for middle school and high ...

I wrote about my interview with CSTA Executive Director, Chris Stephenson, yesterday and mentioned their emphasis on teaching algorithmic approaches to problem solving as early as primary school.

How do you solve a problem like eighth grade algebra? Not the actual problems covered by the syllabus — the graphing of compound inequalities, say, or the untangling of scatter plots — but the ...

ST. JOHN — After five years of offering an algebra class for high-ability seventh-grade students instead of the regular advanced math course, Lake Central schools has decided to drop it in the face of ...