Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...

A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

I’ve never managed to master much beyond the nuts and bolts of math. I was an honor student who could ace almost every subject, but ninth-grade geometry tripped me up. I slipped through with a C, but ...

“Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below middle-school level increased nearly thirtyfold, ...

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Kenny Felder, a math teacher at Raleigh Charter High School, explains repeating decimals to calculus students in February 2019. Julia Wall News & Observer file photo North Carolina lawmakers could ...

After years of declining test scores the Maine department of Education last month announced what it called a "Back to Basics" ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — This year’s graduating high school seniors got a break. That’s because future classes will have to take more math classes to earn their diplomas. It’s one of several changes in state ...

The new diploma requirements also include a need for students to take a “communications-focused” class under the English ...