It's entirely possible to get a job and work your entire life without using the algebra lessons you learned in high school. However, as society continues to leverage technology and our reliance on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Algebra often involves manipulating numbers or other objects using operations like addition and multiplication. Flavio ...

NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, today released a new research report examining Algebra readiness and enrollment patterns, as well as how student outcomes differ between those who ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...

Education reformers often bemoan that schools never shed programs that are no longer needed or effective. New school initiatives are consequently layered on top of past practices, which means schools ...

You scrambled up a Rubik's cube, and now you want to put it back in order. What sequence of moves should you make? Surprise: You can answer this question with modern algebra. Most folks who have been ...