Consider supporting our stories and becoming a member today. 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 ...

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 ...

The pressure to reach Calculus by a student’s senior year of high school often translates into pressure to take Algebra I, the first course in a five-course sequence, by eighth grade. Algebra I (or ...

The graduation rate among Illinois students hit a historic high, of nearly 88%, last school year, as did student performance ...

When students take Algebra 1 matters. If high schoolers don’t pass the course by 9th grade, they’re unlikely to reach college-preparatory math in high school. There are too many courses to get ...

Enrollment data for ninth grade presented on Oct. 24 showed an unprecedented surge in geometry and advanced mathematics placements, according to the memo, an indication that the new structure is ...