Half of students fail college algebra. Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

Millions are failing college math. Advocates say the problem isn’t students, but decades-old curricula that require Cold War-era algebra skills. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an ...

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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 ...

For most people, the word "algebra" conjures classroom memories of Xs and Ys. Weekend Edition's math guy, Keith Devlin, says that's because most schools do a terrible job of teaching it. He talks with ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

It’s a breakthrough in the field of random walks.