Students should not be left to struggle with routine math needed to manage their finances, bake a cake or do a home repair.

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

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San Francisco school board votes to reinstate eighth-grade algebra districtwide after a decade-long policy shift led to lower ...

This year all Springfield eighth graders have an opportunity to take algebra for the first time in a number of years ...

From suburbs in the Northeast to major cities on the West Coast, a surprising subject is prompting ballot measures, lawsuits and bitter fights among parents: algebra. Students have been required for ...

Charles County Public Schools is set to implement a new math policy adopted by the Maryland State Department of Education ...