UC first approved a data science course offered by the Los Angeles Unified School District in 2013 as a substitute for Algebra 2. Other school districts followed suit, adopting data science ...

A previous version of this article quoted the founder of Just Equations as saying data showed many high school students who take Algebra II struggle in the course. The data showed they learned ...

The district is also considering a pilot course that would integrate algebra II and data science. Such a course might ultimately be better for the district, Sajor said, because it would help more ...

The same was the case with another popular course validated for Algebra II, “Explorations in Data Science,” developed by YouCubed, a Stanford University research center. Most students who had taken ...

Data science courses, ... Offering a way around Algebra II, they said, deprives students of their best chance to absorb the mathematical principles increasingly central to many fields, ...

Students are currently required to take Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II, as well as a fourth-year math credit. The courses that students can take during their senior year vary.

MATH 4140 Abstract Algebra 2 (a.k.a Algebra II) Explores some topic that builds on material in 3140. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) Galois theory, representation theory, advanced ...

For those of you who struggle with math, or simply do not like it, you soon may be able to rejoice. On Wednesday, Minnesota State Senator Robert Farnsworth (R-Hibbing) introduced a bill that would ...

The House bill would broaden the types of courses Michigan high school students can count toward graduation and ax Algebra II as a requirement.

Early algebra does appear to slightly boost enrollment in advanced math courses in the short term—for example, more 10th graders taking Algebra II—but the effect fades as students get older ...