Algebra will return to SF middle schools after more than a decade. Here's how it could play out

Algebra I will return to San Francisco middle schools, much to the relief of parents who've fought for a decade to bring it back, although they might not be happy with how it will be offered.
The Hechinger Report

Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

A high school student is tutored in algebra. Tutors and teachers report that more students struggled in the course this academic year. Credit: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images The ...
EdSource

Don’t force a false choice between algebra and data science

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 ...
Education Week

Catching Up on Algebra

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...
Forbes

Is Algebra Useful?

I got an A in algebra II, I think. That was long ago. I do know that I have long since forgotten whatever I learned in that course and have never used it since. Later, he explains what mathematics is ...
The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Algebra matters, so let’s stop attacking it and work together to make it clearer and more accessible

It’s time for algebra to consistently be seen and experienced as more than a meandering stream of abstract variables and procedures Algebra can be breathtaking. Yet most people don’t encounter it this ...
Los Angeles Times

Q&A: The politics of math: Is algebra necessary to obtain a college degree?

If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math ...
EdSource

Advanced algebra, data science and more: UC rethinks contested issues of high school math

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Not every student needs Algebra 2. UC should be flexible on math requirement

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 ...
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 ...
Futurism

Proof That You Use Algebra All The Time (Even If You Don’t Realize it)

This meme about not using Algebra has been making the rounds. We didn’t want to let the opportunity pass. So. Let’s talk about how many time you actually used math today. Just because there are no Xs ...