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 ...
Daily CameraOpinion

More math, not less, will lead students to succeed (Editorial)

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...
Sacramento Bee

Algebra, geometry give way to integrated math in local high schools

For decades, generations of Americans took the same basic high school math track. Algebra. Geometry. Algebra 2. Now, school districts across the country are overhauling their approach, combining ...
Los Angeles Times

Modern high school math should be about data science — not Algebra 2

Thanks to the information revolution, a stunning 90% of the data created by humanity has been generated in just the past two years. Yet the math taught in U.S. schools hasn’t materially changed since ...
Chicago Tribune

Should kids take algebra before high school? New state data highlight issue

The way Michelle Truax’s eighth-grade algebra students were enthusiastically blurting out answers, it appeared they were grasping the day’s lesson. But when six students came up with wrong solutions ...
The Hechinger Report

Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...
Yahoo

UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college

San Gabriel High School teacher Leah Ulloa Ruiz teaches a data science lesson to calculate the likelihood of whether men or women will be victims in horror movies. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ...
Yahoo

I bombed algebra in high school. ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is my redemption arc

ChatGPT Study Mode wasn’t built for journalists with math trauma—but it turns out, it’s exactly what I needed. This week, I got a sneak peek at ChatGPT’s new Study Mode during an OpenAI press demo on ...
KQED

Professors Say High School Math Doesn’t Prepare Most Students For Their College Majors

The typical ambitious high school student takes advanced algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus and calculus. None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend ...
Education Week

Study: Middle School Algebra Push Yields Minimal Performance Gains

Many states are pushing students to take Algebra 1 in middle school to prepare them for advanced math in high school. A new analysis, however, suggests that increased enrollment hasn’t led to higher ...
The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: Professors say high school math doesn’t prepare most students for their college majors

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A survey of ...