In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

In this math tutorial, we compare various methods for dividing polynomials, including factoring polynomials, long division of polynomials, and synthetic division trinomial. We start by demonstrating ...

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 ...

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

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 II, as a ...

I was dumbfounded reading the “Ask the teacher” column [“8th-grade algebra does not add up,” July 16]about requiring eighth-graders to be tested in algebra. I learned algebra in 1963 at McCumber ...