The Office of Undergraduate Admissions continues to put students first in the admissions process. We continue to use fair and ethical practices as we recruit, review applications and counsel our ...

In a move that underscores a nationwide effort to boost the quality of math and science education, Fairfax County's selective Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will begin to ...

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) decided recently to eliminate first-year algebra for 8th graders. Algebra will now be offered only in high school. Of course, it is a mistake to allow ...

EVERETT — As a Cascade High School freshman, Armando Lucas didn’t see himself taking high-level math as a senior. The immigrant from Guatemala was just trying to slog through a first-year algebra ...

A new policy from the California State University system will soon allow some students to take math classes with pre-requisites other than intermediate algebra to satisfy the math requirements they ...

EVERETT — Here’s some interesting math: Enrollment in eighth-grade algebra has more than doubled in the Everett School District over the past year. Other middle schools in Snohomish County are also ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The study investigated sex-related differences among first-year algebra students with respect to achievement, attitude, and consumer ...

GREENWICH — In June 2012, the Board of Education set an ambitious goal for the school district: By 2015, 75 percent of students would complete their first year of algebra by the time they finished ...