Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests it’s working

While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...
Education Week

Can Kindergarten Math Lay the Foundation for Algebra? New Study Aims to Find Out

The vast majority of students won’t take algebra until middle or high school. But teachers can start laying the groundwork for this pivotal class a lot sooner, some researchers say—and instilling ...
PBS

The Algebra Project

The Algebra Project is an organization helping low-income and minority students achieve math skills they need for economic success. We'll talk to Robert Moses, civil rights activist, educator and ...
The New York Times

The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National Flashpoint

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...
Boston College

Formula for success

$3.8M NSF grant for Lynch School researcher Laura O'Dwyer to examine supports for ninth graders at risk of failing algebra. Nation, World & Society / Education - Published on March 08, 2017 Lynch ...