New research that tracked high school juniors in Los Angeles Unified found that those who took math as seniors — from algebra to advanced calculus — were better positioned to enroll and stay in ...

International testing data released Wednesday offered the latest evidence of U.S. learning loss since the pandemic, with American students falling behind some of their European peers and a gender gap ...

Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II. That’s the usual three-year sequence of high school math courses for students who want to attend one of the 23 campuses in the California State University system. But ...

Academic progress is heading in the wrong direction in the years since the pandemic. Students are falling further behind as schools face the impending loss of COVID-19 relief funding aimed at helping ...

Yes to four years of math. First, we are told, life has changed. The cost of living isn't what it used to be. Seventh-grade math skills don't cut it. Second, my white middle-class progeny has lots of ...

I heard this almost every day as a student when my teachers assigned math problems--odds in class, evens for homework--at the end of each section in the book. And many teachers still do this today.

Robin Gray teaches algebra in a state that was an early leader in setting demanding requirements in high school math. She spends part of each day working with students who are struggling to keep up.

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