Half of students fail college algebra. Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

Students can’t succeed in math if they’re never exposed to it. And many students never get access to advanced—or even some foundational—math in high school. New federal civil rights data and an ...

Keyari Cooper started ninth-grade algebra with a decent attitude. Math wasn't her best subject, but the Pittsburg High School student thought she had a fighting chance to pass the course. Factoring, ...

Twenty years ago, most middle-school kids spent most of their day in tracked classes. Even if they had bland names like English A, B, or C, every kid knew if they were in the smart or the dumb class, ...

College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

The redesigned sequence separates linear algebra and differential equations into more specialized tracks while eliminating ...

More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

On a chilly morning at Marlboro Elementary, three eighth graders gather around a table strewn with notebooks, laptops, and a stack of planetary data sheets. They’re not just ...

If you are a new engineering first-year student starting in the fall semester, you will most likely be pre-enrolled in an Applied Math (APPM) pre-calculus or calculus course based on patterns of prior ...