High school math, and algebra, in particular, is in crisis. Although some students thrive on the pathway to calculus, most do not. Algebra I is the single most failed course in American high schools.

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

Math anxiety isn’t just “hating math.” It is a physiological response. When faced with a difficult equation, your brain’s ...

The purpose of all of the developmental mathematics courses is to support student success academically and beyond by advancing critical thinking and reasoning skills. Specifically in Algebra I, as a ...

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

MANSFIELD - Robert Parris Moses believes math literacy is a civil right. "With public school education, really, we're at the same position we were at 50 years ago with the right to vote," said Moses, ...

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

Under the Common Core State Standards, Algebra 1 is a much tougher course than what was taught previously in most states, teachers and standards experts say, in part because many of the concepts that ...