At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

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Includes updates and/or revisions. Mastering algebra is widely considered the gateway to higher mathematics and college readiness, but new studies question whether low-performing students benefit from ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has announced the date for Class 12th Mathematics Examination 2020 and it will be held on March 17, 2020. The students who are appearing in the CBSE ...

If you can do basic subtraction, you might just be more math-savvy than a lot U.S. college students. A new research paper looks at the mathematical prowess of the roughly 50 percent of community ...

The New York Times ran a piece last weekend by Andrew Hacker, a professor of political science at Queens College of the City University of New York, who asked whether algebra was necessary, and then ...

One of the most often repeated courses in U.S. high schools is algebra. Teachers and school leaders understandably worry whether a student who can’t solve basic equations should move on in math, to ...