High schoolers deserve math instruction relevant to their lives, rather than algebra and other higher math. Opinion: High school math should be about data science, not Algebra 2 - Los Angeles Times ...

Talk about college readiness often includes discussion of how much and what kind of math to take in high school. Today’s Washington Post has a front-page story examining the push to raise ...

However, the bill removing Algebra 2 as a high school graduation requirement is an exception. It can be a start on a badly needed rethinking of the purpose of high school.

The Algebra 2 test is designed to be a demanding exam, the authors of the report say. Most state high school math exams, by contrast, gauge students on 9th or 10th grade math, not the skills they ...

Barely managing to earn a “C” in high school Algebra 1 and 2, I was forced to repeat both Geometry 1 and 2. Calculus and trigonometry were out of the question.

I asked 100 random people about their experiences in high school algebra and every one of them told me that they never used algebra at any time in their daily lives. Not once.

The change will take effect at high schools across the district, including Fountain Valley High School (FVHS), for all students taking the course beginning in Fall 2023. “The reason is we saw other ...

For decades, generations of Americans took the same basic high school math track. Algebra. Geometry. Algebra 2. Now, school districts across the country are overhauling their approach, combining ...

Thanks to the information revolution, a stunning 90% of the data created by humanity has been generated in just the past two years. Yet the math taught in U.S. schools hasn’t materially changed ...