Historically speaking, Algebra 1 has been reserved for ninth or tenth grade, and research indicates the majority of students ...

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Eighth graders can be successful in Algebra 1, new research suggests—they just might need some extra support. The findings come from a study of San Francisco schools, which has had a turbulent history ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. If you’re an eighth grader who wants to take algebra, can you even take the class? The answer to ...

San Francisco eighth graders will have the option to take Algebra 1 next year after it was pulled from the school district’s middle school curriculum in 2014, and a yearslong campaign sought to ...