MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio, Dec. 20 (UPI) --An Ohio middle school teacher was reprimanded for an "inappropriate" math lesson that called on students to answer a sexting-related algebra problem. A father ...

At C.E. Utt Middle School in Tustin, no course is more important than algebra. “We do everything we can to prepare students for algebra,” said Utt Principal Cristine Matos. “We have interventions, ...

More than 1 in 3 public school students now take Algebra 1 before high school. For those students to succeed, schools must adjust middle school programs to better match student readiness to class ...

It’s hard to find a class that matters more than algebra at Mendez Fundamental Intermediate in Santa Ana. Teachers and administrators work to funnel all eighth-graders into the course before they head ...

A year after seemingly resolving the long-standing controversy over when to offer Algebra 1, Cambridge Public Schools leaders are once again at loggerheads over the class, a critical prerequisite for ...

The San Francisco Unified School District, which pulled algebra from its middle schools 10 years ago in the name of equity, will bring the course back next fall, ending a controversial experiment that ...

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...

Portland Public Schools will continue offering algebra to select eighth-graders but will reset its bar for which students can enter the fast-tracked math class that precedes it. That’s a pivot, given ...

City supervisors are now showing interest in the middle school algebra debate, and nearly half want San Francisco voters to weigh in on a March ballot. The San Francisco Unified School District's ...