Superintendent Richard Machesky and his team were stunned. The district was indeed proposing to merge separate sixth- and seventh-grade math tracks into what it said would be a single, rigorous ...

The program, first announced in March, was designed to introduce students in the district’s individual course option (FLVS ...

More than half of South Carolina’s third- through eighth-grade students still can’t do math on grade level, even as reading scores reached all-time highs, according to state standardized testing data ...

Algebra I is regarded as a gateway course in high school math. The class is a prerequisite for higher level math courses and students are generally required to pass it to graduate.

Cambridge Public Schools began phasing out advanced math courses in grades six through eight around 2017, when district officials noticed sharp racial disparities in the program.

In one finding, the study says having students who struggle in math repeat algebra rarely leads to proficiency.

That left some of Ms. Wally’s intervention kids with a substitute in charge of their regular math class. (Elsewhere in the building, magnet students were learning algebra and geometry from an ...

Bold recommendations to make math more inclusive are blowing up the world of math education. Opponents say the movement effectively dumbs down math.

Voluntary guidance for math instruction faces criticism from parents saying it stunts potential for students in advanced math pathways.