A student completes an algebra assignment at a Trinity, Fla., high school on Sept. 9, 2025. States and districts have stepped up efforts to enroll more students in Algebra 1 by 8th grade—and address ...

It might be more difficult than you think!

A national sample of 55,000 students across dozens of states revealed that even when they were ready for 8th-grade algebra based on their 7th-grade test scores, almost a quarter didn’t enroll in the ...

Amber Edwards has spent the last decade of her 18-year teaching career in the Prairie Central school district, where she ...

Algebra has long been a fundamental part of any high school math curriculum. In many places it's become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students ...

A new California law requires schools to screen K-2 students for math difficulties, the latest state effort to improve math ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress measures student performance in math and reading. See how the 50 states shape ...

When Hawaiʻi elementary students are tested on division, multiplication and fractions — the fundamentals of math — about half ...

In a post-Covid world, we can no longer assume that a student’s age and mathematical experiences line up in previously expected ways. Indeed, they may not even be close. It’s a tension that’s always ...

There was a child who used to cry in front of their math worksheets at home.The other day, that child received a '5' in math ...

The event marked the launch of a new program called Team Up for Math. The program pairs third graders with volunteer mentors ...