Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

Under the Common Core State Standards, Algebra 1 is a much tougher course than what was taught previously in most states, teachers and standards experts say, in part because many of the concepts that ...

Only 26% of 8th graders tested proficient in math in 2024. Research shows that 7th grade is the tipping point at which ...

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 ...

Want to help your seventh-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom in seventh grade. At a “25% Off” sale, Marissa buys a skirt for $40.50. What was ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...