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 ...

Across the country, 4th and 8th graders are taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress in a range of subjects this month, but I’ll be paying particularly close attention to how middle ...

The San Francisco school board approved a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade after it was removed over equity concerns. By Dana Goldstein The San Francisco ...

Eighth grade math scores are often to determine whether students are prepared for the more advanced mathematics taught in high school. Ku Htaw, a math teacher at DeKalb School of the Arts in Avondale ...

San Francisco eighth graders will have the option to take Algebra 1 next year after it was pulled from the school district’s middle school curriculum in 2014, and a yearslong campaign sought to ...