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El Paso Independent School District middle schoolers will be automatically enrolled in an advanced math class starting in August, with the plan of getting nearly all eighth graders enrolled in Algebra ...

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This article was originally published in El Paso Matters. El Paso Independent School District middle schoolers will be automatically enrolled in an advanced math class this school year, with the plan ...

Cambridge Public Schools officials said the city’s latest attempt to implement Algebra 1 courses for all eighth graders will be delayed one year, another setback after three decades of back-and-forth ...

Responding to data which showed placing 8th grade students into separate Algebra 1 and Algebra 8 courses led to racial inequality, Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board members voted on Monday to ...

Heated messages are still pouring in about my Sept. 22 Metro section column for The Post, "Recalculating the 8th Grade Algebra Push http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp ...

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in ...