Tucson math teachers learn new methods as proficiency rates lag

The University of Arizona’s Center of the Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) is offering strategies to ...
The Hechinger Report

Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...
CITYSunTimes

Scottsdale Unified targets major increase in middle school algebra completion

Scottsdale Unified School District launches 'Math Powers Possibility,' an initiative to increase the number of students ...
Education Week

‘Sharp, Steep Declines': U.S. Students Are Falling Behind in Math and Science

More countries are edging ahead of the United States in math and science achievement, according to the latest results from an international test of 4th and 8th graders in the subjects. The Trends in ...
al.com

Alabama students are improving in math, reading. What’s next?

Alabama saw record-breaking gains on the Nation’s Report Card this year, but state leaders say more targeted efforts – and more money – are needed to sustain recent progress. “Even though we’re seeing ...
SpaceNews

8th grader Chad Qian from Indiana crowned champion at 2012 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS(R) National ...

Chad Qian of Indianapolis, Ind., won the 2012 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS(R) National Competition Friday at the Walt Disney World(R) Swan and Dolphin Resort after an intense final competition before a packed ...