The article was updated March 5 to include the letter from high-tech executives supporting the Algebra II requirement. It also clarifies that AP Statistics is for students who have completed Algebra ...

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Twenty states consider Algebra II a high school graduation requirement, but about half of those allow for exceptions or alternatives, such as data science courses. Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The ...

After faculty protests and a debate over racial equity, the state’s public universities reconsider whether high school students can skip a foundational course. By Amy Harmon Since 2020, California has ...

Don’t Take Math Education For Granted As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial, let’s not take for granted our ability to count up to 250. In other words, we wouldn’t be where we are now ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), Idaho Department of Education, Idaho STEM Action Center and Horizon Credit Union have teamed up on new math resources for Algebra ...

Faculty members across the University of California system are staging a behind-the-scenes protest against an admissions policy they say risks leaving their students unprepared for college-level math.

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. An influential committee of the UC ...