O ne of the biggest roadblocks to student success, according to many educators, is college algebra, the traditional gateway college math course. Students with weak math skills often get stuck in ...

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Teachers and students across the state are adjusting to the Common Core standards, which promise to help more young people become ready for college. In the words of State Board of Education President ...

The traditional algebra-to-calculus mathematics pathway required by most colleges "doesn't reflect changes in the types of quantitative skills that students need in their lives and careers," according ...

As someone whose college dreams were almost derailed by remedial math courses, I was thrilled to learn that the California State University system will no longer require intermediate algebra as a ...

High school graduation requirements for Kansas students soon may be changing, and the Kansas Board of Regents this week weighed in with a couple of suggestions: More math and more paperwork. But those ...

Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed your California driver’s test, and you’re lining up to get what you think will be your license. Instead, you’re presented with a form telling you that, though you ...

Each institution in the University of North Carolina system is formally committing to the core recommendations of System Math Pathways. The pathways programs aims to remove roadblocks for students who ...

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{{a href=”external_link-1″}}SAS Curriculum Pathways has launched a free Algebra 1 course that provides teachers and students with all the required content to ...

Helpers facilitate the 24 Game as part of an Algebra Academy field trip. Math-oriented games highlight Algebra Academy event at Merrill College. Thirteen-year-old Alejandra Ponce selected an L-shaped ...

Newport-Mesa teachers and trustees have taken a small step forward in overhauling the district’s math standards with a “pathway” that aims to prepare middle and high school students for pre-calculus ...