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 ...
School officials Tuesday encouraged the board of education to phase out grouping students by their math abilities in the lower grades. At Spaulding School, which has kindergarten through fourth-grade ...
All of my students (9th graders) were more than two years behind in math when I began teaching in the Chicago Public Schools in 1993. (This was based on students’ 8th grade test results and confirmed ...
A high school student is tutored in algebra. Tutors and teachers report that more students struggled in the course this academic year. Credit: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images The ...
In recent years, districts across Massachusetts have been increasingly riven by controversies around advanced courses, with school systems scaling back accelerated options and provoking backlash from ...
Lisa Rodriguez teaches Algebra II and Pre-Calculus Honors and is co-director of the Calculus Project at Brookline High. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...