Nothing about Algebra II is easy. Educators applauded lawmakers in June for dumping Algebra II as an end-of-course exam after less than half of students passed the test over its three-year existence.

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CONWAY, Ark. — With its intricate mysteries of quadratics, logarithms and imaginary numbers, Algebra II often provokes a lament from high schoolers. What exactly does this have to do with real life?

While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...

A total of 85% of the more than 37,000 Long Island students who took the English Language Arts Regents test in the 2024-25 ...