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Algebra has long been a fundamental part of any high school math curriculum. In many places it's become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students ...

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic ...

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 ...

The deceptively simple equation that would typically be given to a fifth grader has gone viral after it was shared by user @BholanathDutta on X (formerly Twitter). He posted a photo of the equation ...

Math scores of California’s average eighth graders on standardized tests in 2021 were in line with the knowledge and skills of fifth graders, according to a new analysis of the state’s Smarter ...

I have a friend who’s a world-renowned mathematician. He doesn’t think like me. Or you. Or, indeed, anyone else I know. This is a good thing — certainly for him. Especially as mathematicians of one ...

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...