The Hechinger Report

Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...
AOL

Queens HS under probe for passing struggling math students who don’t even show up to class: ‘Complete disaster’

Something isn’t adding up. Math teachers at a Queens high school are being forced to pass failing kids, including those who can’t be bothered to show up to class, according to allegations that are ...
EdSource

High school math placement is too important to leave to subjective recommendations

EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students Enrolling students in high school math courses is a high-stakes endeavor with an outsize effect on ...
KQED

Professors Say High School Math Doesn’t Prepare Most Students For Their College Majors

The typical ambitious high school student takes advanced algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus and calculus. None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend ...
Greenwich Time

CT 14-year-old has already taken most of his high school's math classes: 'Never seen that before'

GREENWICH — Even before hitting the ninth grade, Ethan Shi has already taken most of the math courses Greenwich High School has to offer. "I think I first really knew that I was really good at math ...