NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, released today a new research brief, "Unequal Access to 8th-Grade Algebra: How School Offerings and Placement Practices Limit Opportunity." The ...
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 ...
ChatGPT Study Mode wasn’t built for journalists with math trauma—but it turns out, it’s exactly what I needed. This week, I got a sneak peek at ChatGPT’s new Study Mode during an OpenAI press demo on ...
Unless they’re headed for a career in math or science, college students may be better off without taking college algebra, according to a new study from the Missouri Department of Higher Education.
LOS ANGELES — Every year, as many high school seniors struggle with basic algebra, people complain, “Who needs it? How many students will ever use it?” Well, I use it every day. I’m using it now, even ...
The headline in EdSurge’s newsletter was “HUGE STUDY VALIDATES ALGEBRA PROGRAM.” Their blurb: “It could be the blended structure, or the product, or some other factor that made the difference, but one ...
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, ...