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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well
Riccio tried to reel them in as he walked around answering questions. “You’re a little too crazy ... Minnesota fell from ...
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How Keeping 8th Graders from Taking Algebra Can Derail Their Futures in STEM
Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.
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But the math scores of top students fell dramatically, 50 percent more than those at the bottom. It’s not clear what’s behind the decline. These eighth graders were in fifth grade when the pandemic ...
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Long Cane Middle’s Golden is thankful for the opportunity to teach
The LaGrange Daily News is doing a Q&A with all of the teachers of the year in the Troup County School System. Today, we are writing about Melinda Golden, an eighth-grade Math and Algebra 1 teacher at ...
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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well
This story also appeared in Chalkbeat and MinnPost Riccio tried to reel them in as he walked around answering questions ... middle schoolers. “Eighth grade, they’re just in full-on puberty, hormones,” ...
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Minnesota tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well.
Riccio tried to reel them in as he walked around answering questions ... from second place among the 50 states in 2009 on eighth grade math scores to eighth place in 2022, the latest year ...