San Francisco restores 8th-grade algebra after equity experiment backfires

San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower ...

San Francisco Killed 8th-Grade Algebra. Now It’s Set to Come Back.

The San Francisco school board approved a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade ...
The Hechinger Report

Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...
Cleveland.com

The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...
Yahoo

Less than half of SC’s 3rd to 8th graders can do math on grade level, as reading scores surge

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state Board of Education hears a report on Jasper County School District on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC ...
Local News 8

One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn't gone well

BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...