AUSTIN (AP) - The state's new high school graduation requirements began to take shape Thursday, as the Texas Board of Education approved a curriculum that frees many students from having to take ...

Nothing about Algebra II is easy. Educators applauded lawmakers in June for dumping Algebra II as an end-of-course exam after less than half of students passed the test over its three-year existence.

The article was updated March 5 to include the letter from high-tech executives supporting the Algebra II requirement. It also clarifies that AP Statistics is for students who have completed Algebra ...

Should all students take Algebra 2? Florida seemed to say “no” this spring with the passage of a law striking it from graduation requirements. Texas said much the same in legislation Republican Gov.

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 ...

CONWAY, Ark. — With its intricate mysteries of quadratics, logarithms and imaginary numbers, Algebra II often provokes a lament from high schoolers. What exactly does this have to do with real life?

University of California faculty and administrators have been debating a change to required courses that sounds like a small issue, but that should have the academic sphere asking these questions ...