Cambridge's Algebra I rollout: Benefits and challenges in middle school math

In education, few issues have stirred more debate in recent years than when middle and high schoolers should take algebra.
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Why A-Level results expose basic mathematics dilemma

Dar es Salaam. The 2026 Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE) results have once again pointed to ...
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Can this city succeed in having all eighth graders take algebra where others have failed?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ask parent Janina Matuszeski what she has valued most about her twins’ experience in the Cambridge Public ...
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Willis ISD records changes in math and reading categories for spring STAAR

On June 16, the Texas Education Agency released results for the spring 2026 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, ...

Texas STAAR Scores Show Math Gains As Reading Stalls

Texas students gained ground in math and social studies on spring 2026 STAAR tests, but reading results stayed largely flat, TEA reported.

Religious instruction, public schools and the NC budget: 5 things to know

The new state budget would require public schools to allow students to leave class for an hour a week of religious ...

COMMENTARY: The education ‘excellence gap’ no one is talking about

More students should be taking advanced math.

Dallas ISD posts math gains on STAAR, but third grade reading slips

Both the state as a whole and Dallas ISD made gains in math, and middle schoolers gained ground in reading. But fewer than half of third graders tested on grade level in reading ...

Acclaimed UC Berkeley computer science professor Jelani Nelson joins Anthropic

Nelson started this week on the Claude pretraining team.

Chabria: UC could go back to using the SAT and ACT for admissions. Here's why that doesn't add up

UC is not Harvard, and was never meant to embody that type of self-perpetuating exclusivity disguised as a meritocracy.