Historically speaking, Algebra 1 has been reserved for ninth or tenth grade, and research indicates the majority of students ...

Eighth graders can be successful in Algebra 1, new research suggests—they just might need some extra support. The findings come from a study of San Francisco schools, which has had a turbulent history ...

Cambridge Public Schools officials said the city’s latest attempt to implement Algebra 1 courses for all eighth graders will be delayed one year, another setback after three decades of back-and-forth ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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A new report from the New York Equity Coalition finds that more than 20,000 New York students who scored proficient on seventh-grade math tests were not enrolled in Algebra 1 in eighth grade. The gap ...

A new report from the New York Equity Coalition shows that thousands of proficient New York City seventh graders are not enrolled in Algebra 1 by eighth grade, with disproportionate impact on Black, ...