Carolan studied two cohorts of about 4,000 students — the 2004 graduating class, the last group of students that had the option of pre-algebra, and students who graduated in 2008, freshmen during the ...

The drive to get every student to take so-called college gateway courses has succeeded, a new federal study finds, but students taking Algebra 1 and Geometry classes are getting considerably less ...

Pre-algebra (Math 1090) enhances students’ basic math skills through the study of key skill strands that are explored across different types of numbers, including whole numbers, fractions, signed ...

When Bill Horkan, a talented teacher I know, thinks about the national debate over how to improve math instruction, he imagines getting students ready for algebra as early as first grade. “Some people ...

The Modesto City Schools board voted down a recommendation by the district’s math curriculum committee to for one year have pre-algebra offered at high school. The class was called remedial and ...

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...