Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests it’s working

While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...
Oregonian

Portland Public Schools maps a 3rd way in the nationally charged debate over middle school algebra

How do you solve a problem like eighth grade algebra? Not the actual problems covered by the syllabus — the graphing of compound inequalities, say, or the untangling of scatter plots — but the ...
The New York Times

The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National Flashpoint

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

Algebra will return to S.F. middle schools after more than a decade. Here's how it could play out

Algebra I will return to San Francisco middle schools, much to the relief of parents who've fought for a decade to bring it ...
Yahoo

AP Math Classes: How to Compare and Choose

The College Board offers three Advanced Placement classes in math: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC and AP Statistics. Successful completion of an AP math class is invaluable to many college-bound ...

Algebra to return to these Bay Area middle schools after 10+ years: report

Parents have been fighting for more than a decade to bring Algebra I courses back.
Education Week

Doubling Down on Algebra Can Pay Off in College, But Who Your Peers Are Matters, Too

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 ...