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When students take Algebra 1 matters. If high schoolers don’t pass the course by 9th grade, they’re unlikely to reach college-preparatory math in high school. There are too many courses to get through ...

Incoming ninth-grade students at San Francisco’s public high schools will be placed into varying math courses and monitored for their performance under a new policy passed at the Board of Education on ...

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

March 5, 2026 - Teachers are striking for better pay, benefits and class size. But school districts say their budgets are extremely tight and they’re contemplating layoffs. I remember the day in ninth ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing Enrolling students in high school math courses is a high-stakes endeavor with an outsize effect on students’ college ...

Impact on graduation Last school year in Madison, more than 250 ninth-grade students received an F for at least one semester of algebra. East High School’s freshmen had the highest number of failures ...