The Hechinger Report

One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...
Oregonian

Portland Public Schools maps a 3rd way in the nationally charged debate over middle school algebra

How do you solve a problem like eighth grade algebra? Not the actual problems covered by the syllabus — the graphing of compound inequalities, say, or the untangling of scatter plots — but the ...
Oregonian

Algebra, a ‘math wars’ target, will remain an option for some Portland middle schoolers

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 ...
MinnPost

Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. BRAHAM, Minn. ...
KQED

What the Research Says About Mixed-Ability Algebra Class

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...