NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, released today a new research brief, "Unequal Access to 8th-Grade Algebra: How School Offerings and Placement Practices Limit Opportunity." The ...

A tug of war in San Francisco over whether to teach algebra in eighth or ninth grade gets at wider national questions about serving all students fairly. By Soumya Karlamangla How to make algebra ...

How to Spend Less Time Studying and do Better in a Math Course I’ve seen many students put in a lot of time into math courses and still feel that they haven’t mastered the material. Often, they aren’t ...

DAVID EGGENSCHWILER is an English professor emeritus at USC. EVERY YEAR, as many California high school seniors struggle with basic algebra, which is required for graduation, Times readers complain, ...

You've signed up for classes, you've learned your way around the virtual course system — and now, you've got to make sure you survive all the way to graduation ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on the practical takeaways from research. The times have dictated school closings and the rapid expansion of online education. Can online lessons replace ...

In “Rising to the Equation” (editorial, Oct. 22) you wrote: “Want to figure out whether you can afford the mortgage on your dream house? That’s algebra. Figure out the mix of chemicals for the ...

As state and school leaders across the country push to have more students take algebra in 8th grade, a new study argues that middle schoolers struggling the most in math are being enrolled in that ...