Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term financial goals ...

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. Even more concerning is that ...

WASHINGTON — Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term ...

The Nation’s Report Card makes one thing painfully clear: American kids are failing in math, and the education system has been failing them for decades. New research from National Center for Education ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

A decline in U.S. 15-year-olds' mathematics literacy, according to the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) assessment, signals potential risks to academic proficiency and mental ...

Schools are starting to switch from learning math through memorization to learning it by problem-solving, focusing on understanding concepts. Ashwaubenon added class time to math and ELA in middle ...

Third grade students in California’s lowest performing schools are doing better at reading, thanks to the Elementary Literacy Support Block Grant funding and a new focus on curriculum materials based ...

Earlier today I referenced this article about the results of a Pew Charitable Trust study that indicates major deficiencies in the “literacy” of college students. The study defined “literacy” ...

Students in Years 1 and 2, the equivalent of kindergarten and first grade in the U.S., prepare for a math lesson at St. Clair School in Dunedin, New Zealand. Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report and JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen ...