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January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. High school math, and algebra, in ...

Since the pandemic, students have struggled markedly in math, particularly algebra. According to NAEP Mathematics Assessment data, eighth-graders’ algebra scores were eight points lower in 2022 than ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

Learning math takes effort and can even feel uncomfortable, but moments of struggle and mistakes are part of the process. Research shows that productive struggle in math leads to better learning. But ...

A little stress can motivate, but teachers increasingly report their students’ fears over math interfere with their learning. In a nationally representative survey conducted this spring, nearly all ...

Clarissa Garcia works on a problem during a geometry class at Compton Early College High School last fall. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California education officials on Wednesday approved a ...

Northside Middle School eighth grade math teacher Amber Benson reviews a slope exercise. She and co-teacher Ruby Voss said they try to make students stakeholders in each other’s success. Credit: ...

The California State Board of Education took a major step forward by voting to approve a list of high-quality math instructional materials for K-12 classrooms. California recently took a major step to ...