But Minnesota kept universal algebra in eighth grade and to date is the only state that’s adopted and stuck with the policy. California mandated its plan in 2008 but reversed course in 2010 after a ...

which recommended that eighth graders take pre-algebra, not algebra. About 6.4 percent of school districts around the country, most of them in Minnesota, report having policies mandating algebra ...

Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.