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 ...

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A year after seemingly resolving the long-standing controversy over when to offer Algebra 1, Cambridge Public Schools leaders are once again at loggerheads over the class, a critical prerequisite for ...

The Pasadena Unified School District’s is offering an intensive two-week algebra-readiness class, to be held from 8:45 a.m. to noon Aug. 23 through Sept. 3 at Blair IB School East Campus, 1201 S.