A Massachusetts district is experimenting with universal eighth-grade algebra, raising fresh questions about access, ...

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 ...

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Giving struggling 9th graders an extra helping of algebra can provide an edge in college years later—but only if students study with peers who challenge them academically. In 2003, Chicago Public ...

All prerequisite courses must be passed with a grade of C- or better. For official course descriptions, please see the current CU-Boulder Catalog. MATH 3001 Analysis 1 Provides a rigorous treatment of ...

Foundations of Algebra emphasizes computing with whole numbers and fractions, decimals, and integers; solving word problems with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and integers; solving basic linear ...

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

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This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2017. A new policy from the California State University system will soon allow some students to take math classes with pre-requisites other than intermediate algebra ...