But under a 2006 Minnesota law designed to boost the number of students going into math and science careers, all eighth graders were required to take Algebra I. At the time, legislators argued that ...

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 ...

Charter school students in Washington, D.C.’s high-poverty Ward 8 far outshined their peers citywide in mathematics last year ...

The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's school board could vote Tuesday night on bringing back algebra for students in 8th grade after the district eliminated the course from its middle schools a decade ago.

WASHINGTON STATE — In a KOMO News Waste Watch Report, the math isn't penciling out in Washington. Math proficiency scores dropped again among the state's 8th-grade students, according to the National ...

The district has adopted a new curriculum and created “curriculum days” where math teachers collaborate to share strategies ...

While officials at the U.S. Department of Education expressed concern with results of the “Nation’s Report Card,” noting that it depicts a “heartbreaking reality,” Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois ...

Illinois’ eighth-graders outperformed national averages in reading and math, according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results released Wednesday. And Illinois ...