A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

A recently released report has criticized the effectiveness of California’s teacher preparation programs, specifically when it comes to training new elementary school teachers in math education. Cal ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A change in state law is upending the way community colleges teach calculus. The goal is to make the pathway to a STEM career more equitable and accessible to people historically ...

If you’re a student at one of California’s community colleges and you plan to study a STEM field, you’ll typically have to pass calculus first before diving into many of the other required classes in ...

The UC Board of Regents discussed recommendations high school math courses must comply with to fulfill the UC system’s math admissions requirements, leading to confusion among the Academic and Student ...

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...

Next year, my son will likely graduate high school without taking calculus, the most advanced math class offered. Like many teens, he completed Algebra 1 as an eighth-grader, and while he earned a ...

In San Francisco Monday morning, there’s going to be a demonstration on the steps of City Hall. That may not be surprising, given the protests breaking out all over the country. But the topic is, ...

When it comes to math, America falls short of the average. In the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment, American students ranked 36th out of 79, behind Singapore, Finland, and the UK. In ...

A Stanford math professor issued a stark warning Thursday on California's new math curriculum, arguing the push for "equity" could backfire academically as students continue to reel from post-pandemic ...