Algebra in the high school curriculum is under attack, often on grounds that it isn't useful in everyday life. Not only is this incorrect but it's also absurd. Perhaps we should change the high ...

My career as a math teacher taught me that the real horrifying subjects that cause sleepless nights in high school students: math, especially algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.

When kids ask why they need to know algebra or trigonometry, we tell them these tools are useful. This is not true and it makes math dreary.

We surveyed 900 “Freakonomics” podcast listeners — a pretty nerdy group, we must admit — and discovered that less than 12% used any algebra, trigonometry or calculus in their daily lives.

Let's Stop Requiring Advanced Math, A New Book Argues : NPR Ed Algebra, trigonometry and calculus keep millions of people from graduating. And they're unnecessary, argues author and professor ...

“The reason is we saw other school districts had Algebra 2 Honors. We looked into how the [other districts] do it and if it’s similar to our Algebra 2/Trig… it’s about 90% the same,” FVHS Math ...

In particular, a student must have completed a math credit in one of three pathways: algebra, statistics or quantitative reasoning. Michigan State’s new general-education math requirement better ...