New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school ...

"1 plus 1 equals 1 in the Boolean Algebra (0, 1). "1 plus 1 equals 2 in denary numerals of the real number field. "1 plus 1 equals 10 in binary numerals of the real number field." This is all on Page ...

According to a 2013 report from the Brookings Institution, the number of students taking Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course (such as geometry) in eighth grade nearly tripled between 1990 and ...

Pamela Weber Harris , a former high school math teacher contends in a new volume, Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms, that too many classrooms focus too much on ...

IRA FLATOW: Yeah, that’s another way of saying, and you say this in your book, that math is magical. KYNE SANTOS: Yeah. IRA FLATOW: Right. ... Mesoamerica all coming up with number systems, all coming ...

Today, remedial math has been eliminated in the district’s main high schools and nearly all students are in ninth grade algebra or a more advanced class, except for students with severe disabilities.

And without a college preparatory track of advanced math classes to take after algebra, the benefits of taking Algebra 1 in eighth grade are unlikely to accrue. It’s also not economically practical ...