This is in response to “Is There an Algebra Overkill” (Oct. 13, 2010). The United States cannot have it both ways. We want to keep our high-tech jobs within the country, and, at the same time, we do ...

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 ...

High school math, and algebra, in particular, is in crisis. Although some students thrive on the pathway to calculus, most do not. Algebra I is the single most failed course in American high schools.

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 ...

It’s critical for student success in college and beyond. It’s an unnecessary barrier meant to keep students of color from higher education. That’s the argument on both sides of a long-standing debate ...

The next civil rights court battle for California higher education may be about algebra. California State University is finalizing new system-wide math policies as part of an initiative to increase ...

This asynchronous online bridge course is specifically designed to help students satisfy the linear algebra admissions requirements for Michigan Tech's Online MS in Applied Statistics, an innovative ...

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

America has a math problem. We’ve had a math problem for at least 50 years — since the Soviets launched Sputnik, if not before. Our high school students have trouble competing with those raised in ...

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