HISD launches new 'Accelerated Math' pathway to enroll more eighth graders in Algebra 1

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 ...
Hoodline

HISD Puts Pedal To The Math Metal, Aims For Algebra By Eighth Grade

HISD plans to put all 6th–7th graders on an accelerated math track so Algebra I can happen in 8th grade, the district says.
American Enterprise Institute

Overcoming the Challenges Facing Innovative Learning Models in K–12 Education: Lessons from Teach to One

Over the past seven years, I’ve been leading a nonprofit organization called New Classrooms Innovation Partners that works to develop a more modern and impactful classroom experience. We’ve developed ...
Business Wire

Barobo’s Innovative Math-With-Robotics Program Produces Significantly Higher Math Scores

DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barobo, Inc. is announcing its latest success story in boosting math achievement scores for K-12 students. Barobo’s innovative C-STEM Math, CS, and Engineering Design ...
MinnPost

Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic ...
The Hechinger Report

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

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