Eighth graders can be successful in Algebra 1, new research suggests—they just might need some extra support. The findings come from a study of San Francisco schools, which has had a turbulent history ...

I got an A in algebra II, I think. That was long ago. I do know that I have long since forgotten whatever I learned in that course and have never used it since. Later, he explains what mathematics is ...

A Massachusetts district is experimenting with universal eighth-grade algebra, raising fresh questions about access, ...

University of Florida provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. I discovered recently that my calculus students do not know the meaning of the word “quorum.” Since a course in ...

The purpose of all of the developmental mathematics courses is to support student success academically and beyond by advancing critical thinking and reasoning skills. Specifically in Algebra I, as a ...

New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson struggled with maths at school, finding inspiration in literature instead. But aged 65, in the hope of unlocking a new part of his brain, he decided to put the limits ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ask parent Janina Matuszeski what she has valued most about her twins’ experience in the Cambridge Public ...

If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math ...

Mr. Wilkinson is the author of “A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age.” As a boy in the first weeks of algebra class, I felt confused and then I went sort ...

Thanks to the information revolution, a stunning 90% of the data created by humanity has been generated in just the past two years. Yet the math taught in U.S. schools hasn’t materially changed since ...