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Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t
Some places are moving to universal early algebra. Minnesota has required it for years — with less-than-promising results.
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 ...