UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below ...

Re: “Balance needed in teaching basic math skills,” Jan, 21. I teach a fairly technical course to adults. When I ask students to count a pulse for 15 seconds and multiply by four to determine the rate ...

Adults in the U.S. fall behind many of their developed-world counterparts in such basic areas as math, reading and problem-solving using technology, according to a newly released report authored by ...

You might find the following question on a first-grade math test: "Fill in the box: 7+2 = [blank] + 6." What you wouldn't expect is for 25 percent of incoming freshmen at a highly ranked university to ...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a notification for students who studied Basic or Standard Mathematics in Class 10. This year the board is allowing students of Basic Math to ...

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. In the past, an ...

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...