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More math, not less, will lead students to succeed (Editorial)

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...
The Hechinger Report

One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

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 ...
KQED

What the Research Says About Mixed-Ability Algebra Class

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...

Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests it’s working

The seventh graders in Maddie Hines’ project-based math class in North Portland are learning all about how to run sophisticated experiments where they come up with a hypothesis, test it out using the ...
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U.S. ninth graders’ math course placement at the intersection of learning disability status, race, and socioeconomic status

This study integrates an intersectional framework with data on 15,000 U.S. ninth graders from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 to investigate differences in ninth-grade math course placement ...
Daily Camera

SVVSD gives ninth graders a jump on new school year

Spending a couple of weeks getting to know their new school while brushing up on math and language arts skills has become part of Frederick High’s culture for incoming ninth graders. About 170 ...