Despite being a vocal opponent of reintroducing the class to eighth grade classrooms, candidate Brandee Marckmann appeared to ...

Middle school students who narrowly fail to meet the rigorous requirements needed to take Grade 8 algebra now will get another chance to take advanced algebra in Grade 9, under changes proposed by a ...

An education committee recommended Tuesday that the state stop docking the test scores of districts that don’t offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The recommendation by the Public Schools Accountability Act ...

At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

The subject of when to introduce algebra has for years been one of education’s thorniest debates, and the California board of education’s recent shift away from promoting Algebra I in eighth grade — a ...

Does Amboy Junior High School have a math problem? For a group of parents of seventh grade students, the answer equals yes. The Amboy School Board on Thursday night heard from a group of parents of ...

A new report from the New York Equity Coalition shows that thousands of proficient New York City seventh graders are not enrolled in Algebra 1 by eighth grade, with disproportionate impact on Black, ...

Three Grade 8 students at a Kingston independent school are being recognized after posting strong results in a national mathematics contest typically written by students a year older. Students from ...