The drive to get every student to take so-called college gateway courses has succeeded, a new federal study finds, but students taking Algebra 1 and Geometry classes are getting considerably less ...

The purpose of all of the developmental mathematics courses is to support student success academically and beyond by advancing critical thinking and reasoning skills. Specifically in Algebra I, as a ...

Imagine it’s a student’s first day of ninth grade in the San Francisco Unified School District in 2012. Let’s call her Veronica. On her schedule is a math class full of other ninth graders repeating ...

When eighth grade teacher Dean Dunkin gives algebra lessons, he's confronted by a worrisome reality: Many students aren't ready to learn the concepts. "I honestly have students that probably would ...

Joselyn Marroquin, a freshman at Lincoln High in San Francisco, challenged herself by taking two math classes this year. Because the San Francisco Unified School District requires students to wait ...

Tough decisions face the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board of trustees in the upcoming year as the district faces a $2.75 million budget shortfall. In an effort to trim the 2010-11 ...