Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math curriculum critics have blasted as ...

James Keivom Despite a citywide decline on the Algebra 1 Regents exams this year, the DOE mandated the use of Illustrative Math in all but six of 420 high schools. In a statement Saturday ...

In past years, Newsday also analyzed results from Regents Algebra 1 exams. However, the state during the 2023-24 school year revised the academic standards it uses in developing algebra exams.

When my daughter started ninth grade at her New York City public high school, she was placed in algebra 1. She’d already ...

Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.