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 Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

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Portland Public Schools will continue offering algebra to select eighth-graders but will reset its bar for which students can enter the fast-tracked math class that precedes it. That’s a pivot, given ...

New enVision+ for Grades K-8 and Integrated Algebra 1 and 2 align with the state's Revised Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics PARAMUS, N.J., March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Cal State no longer will require all its general education math courses to have a strict intermediate algebra prerequisite — a policy that has long stymied students trying to transfer from community ...

In his new book The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, political scientist Andrew Hacker proposes replacing algebra II and calculus in the high school and college curriculum with a practical course ...

The redesigned sequence separates linear algebra and differential equations into more specialized tracks while eliminating ...

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 ...