In what some math experts are calling “the latest evidence that teaching algebra differently works,” a new study co-authored by an instructor at Everett Community College underscores the importance of ...

Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads. It is also the single most failed course in ...

The push for algebra-for-all policies may inadvertently take a toll on high-achieving students, a new study suggests, by slowing their rate of academic improvement. The research looked at changes in ...

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 ...

As state and school leaders across the country push to have more students take algebra in 8th grade, a new study argues that middle schoolers struggling the most in math are being enrolled in that ...

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Welcome to Eye on AI. AI reporter Sharon Goldman here for the Thursday newsletter! In this edition...back-to-school with ChatGPT’s new Study Mode…Microsoft signs on to EU’s AI Code of Practice, but ...

Visitors sit in on a sixth grade math class during a Saucon Valley School District open house in November. Pennsylvania schools ranked eighth in the nation Education Week's Quality Counts 2015 study ...

More kids than ever are taking algebra in eighth grade but not necessarily learning more math, private researchers report. In fact, while eighth-graders are doing better on national math tests, ...