AUSTIN (AP) — The Board of Education is in for a long night, with key votes on science books and algebra II still to come. Members slogged through eight-plus hours of discussions Thursday. But they've ...

YET MORE ON ALGEBRA TEXTBOOKS THROUGH THE AGES….Our story so far: Diane Ravitch wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week in which she bemoaned the “dumbing down” of math textbooks. As an example, ...

In his new book The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, political scientist Andrew Hacker proposes replacing algebra II and calculus in the high school and college curriculum with a practical course ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Education (DOE) announced changes happening for the upcoming school year for math textbook publishers. The news is raising a lot of questions. All the ...

Florida’s state education agency rejected dozens of math textbooks this past spring because, officials contended, they contained common-core learning standards or violated a state law that prohibits ...

If a student’s transcript shows the successful completion of Algebra 2, what does that really mean? Although a lot more students today are completing the course, a new analysis suggests that line on ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- (Aug. 11, 2009) -- As California prepares to become the first state in the nation to offer free, open-source digital textbooks for high school students this fall, state officials ...