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 ...

His daughter got a 99 average in Algebra 1 and passed the state test. “I knew what my daughter was capable of,” he said. ... Middle schools shun challenges, such as teaching your kid algebra.

But Rebecca Bowie, a resident and an eighth-grade math teacher in another district, said Algebra 1 is not the right way to increase the middle school math curriculum, and that the School Committee ...

According to a 2013 report from the Brookings Institution, the number of students taking Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course (such as geometry) in eighth grade nearly tripled between 1990 and ...

Any algebra teacher in the school system can opt into a fellowship that will yield a $3,000 stipend and credits for attending a four-day summer program in August, followed by individualized ...

Lake County's schools saw improvement in all state-tested subjects. Can they maintain this success amid budget cuts projected ...

Pre-Algebra vs. Algebra 1 The concepts and skills taught in Algebra 1 — solving for different variables, graphing functions, etc. — can be fairly complex at first.

How EPISD plans to implement Algebra 1 for eighth graders. EPISD already offered Algebra 1 and advanced math in middle school, which it calls honors courses, to certain students.

Nearly half of the wealthiest schools offered algebra to all of their eighth grade students, regardless of math ability, compared with about a third of the poorest schools. Slide from a RAND webinar, ...

It’s a bittersweet goodbye to a profession I have loved since the day I first picked up a piece of chalk in 1991 to teach Algebra 1. Back then, the biggest classroom distractions were passing ...

It’s a bittersweet goodbye to a profession I have loved since the day I first picked up a piece of chalk in 1991 to teach Algebra 1. Back then, the biggest classroom distractions were passing ...