In this video, we provide essential "math help" by explaining how to simplify complex fractions, which often involves careful ...

The article was updated on July 13 to add to Linda Darling-Hammond's remarks on algebra acceleration. With unanimity and generally high praise on Wednesday, the State Board of Education passed the new ...

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 ...

An EdWeek video describes an Indiana school's use of tutoring and courses with different levels of rigor to help students.

Eighth graders can be successful in Algebra 1, new research suggests—they just might need some extra support. The findings come from a study of San Francisco schools, which has had a turbulent history ...

The purpose of all of the developmental mathematics courses is to support student success academically and beyond by advancing critical thinking and reasoning skills. Specifically in Algebra I, as a ...

If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math ...

I got an A in algebra II, I think. That was long ago. I do know that I have long since forgotten whatever I learned in that course and have never used it since. Later, he explains what mathematics is ...

Mr. Wilkinson is the author of “A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age.” As a boy in the first weeks of algebra class, I felt confused and then I went sort ...