Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Should all students take Algebra 2? Florida seemed to say “no” this spring with the passage of a law striking it from graduation requirements. Texas said much the same in legislation Republican Gov.

Arizona high school students are entering college unprepared for advanced math, prompting a review of Algebra II standards. A task force recommends cutting down on the number of Algebra II topics to ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. In his new book The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, political scientist Andrew Hacker proposes ...