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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well
Two boys pulled up games on their ... students going into math and science careers, all eighth graders were required to take Algebra I. At the time, legislators argued that getting more kids through ...
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Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t
Two boys pulled up games ... in high school,” said former state Sen. Steve Kelley, the bill’s co-author. “To do that, we needed to have them take Algebra I in eighth grade.” Many math ...
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Minnesota tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well.
Republished with permission from The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit news outlet focused on education. BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area ...