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

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic ...

A recent lesson in teacher Mike Taliana’s algebra class at Oceanside’s Lincoln Middle School: Write the equation of the line with y intercept = 3 and perpendicular to y = ½x + 4. Anyone still there?

Could you pass eighth-grade algebra? The challenge is one faced by thousands of Orange County students every year, with success and failure rates as varied as they are. Local schools struggle to ...

Having access to Algebra 1 in eighth grade can often make or break a student’s path to high school calculus, which in turn, ...