New research shows that Algebra II, above any other high school class, is the “leading predictor of college and work success"—and many states are consequently beginning to make it a requirement for ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. The article was updated March 5 to ...

Nothing about Algebra II is easy. Educators applauded lawmakers in June for dumping Algebra II as an end-of-course exam after less than half of students passed the test over its three-year existence.

ST PAUL, Minn. — For those of you who struggle with math, or simply do not like it, you soon may be able to rejoice. On Wednesday, Minnesota State Senator Robert Farnsworth (R-Hibbing) introduced a ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. High school math, and algebra, in ...

The new honors course will now serve as the advanced and weighted alternative to Algebra 2 starting in the 2023-2024 school year. The Huntington Beach Union High School District (HBUHSD) agreed to ...

PHOENIX — A bill moving through the state Legislature would no longer require Arizona high school students to take Algebra II to graduate. House Bill 2278 would direct the State Board of Education to ...

University of California faculty and administrators have been debating a change to required courses that sounds like a small issue, but that should have the academic sphere asking these questions ...

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

PHOENIX (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) — Could Algebra II soon be a high school requirement of the past? A bill making its way through the state’s legislature is seeking to replace Algebra II with what ...

I recently finished reading "The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions" by Andrew Hacker. I came on his writing through some opinion pieces he wrote, and I think there was a big piece in The Atlantic.