Mayor Mamdani is moving forward with an expansion of New York City’s curriculum reforms started under ex-Mayor Eric Adams, including changes on how math is taught in elementary schools and reading in ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At ...

Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that students have mastered the skills that came before in previous grades, and ...

"We don't know if we will be mathematicians when we grow up, but we found out that for some mathematicians, math is like a ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...

A grade-school math problem has stumped people. Can you solve the equation?

The report used state and national assessment data for 35 million students enrolled in grades 3-8 nationwide to chart how ...

After Covid, eighth grade reading scores are the lowest since 1990. Here’s what sets apart districts making the greatest ...

Research shows that chronic absenteeism leads to lower metrics such as reading and graduation rates. U.S. Department of ...

A new analysis of student test scores reveals that American schools were in a "learning recession" for seven years before the ...

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are already at a dismal low.