The results of the 1999 Third International Mathematics and Science Study- Repeat confirm what we first learned in 1995 about the science and mathematics achievement of American students: Our 8th ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Sarah Powell, an ...

Researchers, psychologists, and educators have spent years trying to decipher the riddle of nature vs. nurture, and when the topic is male and female students’ abilities in math and science, the ...

The article was updated March 5 to include the letter from high-tech executives supporting the Algebra II requirement. It also clarifies that AP Statistics is for students who have completed Algebra ...

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Carrie Stark always relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. Alas, the kids had fun, as AP reported, but the ...

DPI says the proposed new math standards will help make the courses more meaningful for students in life after high school.

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Five years ago, former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley infamously said the state’s education system “sucks” as test scores in math sank near the bottom nationwide. In 2019, the scores did just that: The ...

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Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

How does a revolution start? Sometimes, it’s a simple question. For Sarah Powell, an associate professor of special education at the University of Texas at Austin, the question was this math problem: ...