Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...

All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I now that board members ...

San Francisco middle school students will be able to take Algebra 1 again for the first time since the Obama years — albeit as an elective.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. If you’re an eighth grader who wants to take algebra, can you even take the class? The answer to ...

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 in eighth grade.

San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower advanced math enrollment and renewed debate over education standards.

At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

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 ...