SANTA CRUZ – Instead of shooting paint-ball guns with friends or loafing at home, 15-year-old Nash McQuaide has spent a chunk of summer break hunkered down trying to solve algebraic equations.

Helpers facilitate the 24 Game as part of an Algebra Academy field trip. Math-oriented games highlight Algebra Academy event at Merrill College. Thirteen-year-old Alejandra Ponce selected an L-shaped ...

Rockets were launched, the Pythagorean Theorem proven and square roots recited during the Woodland school district”s Algebra Academy this summer. “Did you know that this year the students get to ...

WATSONVILLE — In just a matter of weeks, students throughout the region will be back into the swing of learning when summer ends and school resumes. For approximately 65 eighth graders, they have not ...

Over the past decade, the free instructional website Khan Academy has transformed how tens of millions of students across the globe perceive and approach math. Now, it’s pursuing a bigger aim: ...