After a decade of debate and division, the San Francisco Unified School District is adding algebra back into its eighth grade curriculum at a third of its middle schools starting next year.

Cambridge Public Schools will phase Algebra 1 back into eighth grade math courses over the next few years. The district has faced a wave of pushback from parents and community leaders over the ...

The book is listed on the curriculum as core text for 8th grade ELA, the Common Core state standards for English Language Arts. One 8th grade teacher on the school website described it as ...