OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

Racquel Phillips, who graduated in May with an associate’s degree from Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley, remembers students who had such a difficult time in her college algebra class that ...

Math is a notorious stumbling block that trips up students seeking college degrees. Every year, tens of thousands of young people fail to graduate because they can’t earn enough math credits. To help ...

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Giving struggling 9th graders an extra helping of algebra can provide an edge in college years later—but only if students study with peers who challenge them academically. In 2003, Chicago Public ...

EAST LANSING - Cameron Newhouse, like many college students, struggles with math. The 26-year-old senior tried and failed three times to pass college math classes at Michigan State University. “It got ...

Statistical courses, rather than algebra remediation, do a better job at helping first-year students succeed when they test into developmental education, a new report ...

Developmental math poses one of the biggest and most immutable challenges in higher education. Interventions to improve student success rates such as corequisite designs, curriculum alignment with ...

The next civil rights court battle for California higher education may be about algebra. California State University is finalizing new system-wide math policies as part of an initiative to increase ...