HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Struggling with algebra, trigonometry or calculus? One senator wants to return to “basic math” in ...

A state lawmaker wants to take Pennsylvania’s math instruction back to basics. Sen. Michele Brooks, R-Greenville, is ...

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

Brooks is circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for the draft legislation, according to Times Observer, formally titled ...

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

High school math, and algebra, in particular, is in crisis. Although some students thrive on the pathway to calculus, most do not. Algebra I is the single most failed course in American high schools.