Now, it appears the parents who are pushing for eighth-grade algebra are winning. “We do have a social-justice agenda," Lizzy Hull Barnes, who oversees the San Francisco school district’s math department, said on a panel in 2021. In the late 1990s it became one of the first states to push an “algebra for all" approach that strongly encouraged eighth-grade algebra. Earlier drafts discouraged any eighth-grade algebra, citing the San Francisco school district’s policy as a more equitable approach. Write to Sara Randazzo at sara.randazzo@wsj.comView Full Image In the Battle Over Early Algebra, Parents Are Winning

Source: Wall Street Journal February 05, 2024 08:54 UTC