Algebra I in eighth grade has been a stretch ... The kids clapped and cheered. Riccio put up another problem and asked ...

Darling-Hammond said that the position on eighth-grade algebra also was misconstrued ... students wrestle with creating and manipulating formulas to solve open-ended problems, but doing so through ...

“What if I give you something like this? Any volunteers?” Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for ...

“Eighth grade, they’re just in full-on puberty, hormones,” said Zach Loy, another math teacher at the high school, an hour’s drive from Minneapolis. “Are they capable of sitting down and focusing on ...