WATSONVILLE — While there are numerous benefits to summer vacations, the absence of learning can allow students’ minds to wander and they may need to refresh their learning when school resumes. This ...

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at ...

Cambridge Public Schools officials said the city’s latest attempt to implement Algebra 1 courses for all eighth graders will be delayed one year, another setback after three decades of back-and-forth ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

True story: My most recurring dream has to do with math. It’s a nightmare, really. My mind can’t shake off, even when I’m sleeping, the dread and utter misery I felt during my five college years while ...

Cambridge school leaders presented a plan Tuesday evening to teach Algebra 1 to all eighth-grade students by 2025, following months of controversy over a district policy that limits options for ...

Why do eighth-graders make us nervous? They can be difficult. Dealing with puberty is no fun for them or us. But our discomfort with that age group shouldn’t get in the way of teaching them something ...

The State Board of Education ended a decade-long controversial policy of pushing eighth graders to take Algebra I when members voted unanimously Wednesday to strip California’s Algebra I standards ...

Syracuse, NY -- Cazenovia High School eighth-grader Taylor Ketcham wants to be an oceanographer when she grows up. Emily Leary, an eighth-grader at Wellwood Middle School in the Fayetteville-Manlius ...

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 ...