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

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem.

Many students in elementary grades struggle to grasp the perennially vexing concept of fractions. If those struggles persist into middle school, it can undermine their ability to master more complex ...

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

Seattle has the top-scoring big city district in the U.S. It also has gaps so wide “you can drive a truck through.” ...

The data includes third- through eighth-grade test scores for districts in 40 states and the District of Columbia, as of the ...

Having won the battle on phones, some public intellectuals are calling for laptops to disappear from classrooms, too. Many ...

Voracious readers can again get free pizza this summer as a long-running summer reading program makes its return.

This spring, students and teachers throughout Westfield Public Schools were recognized on the community, state and national ...

The SeDoMoCha School hosted a special assembly on April 27 to recognize students in kindergarten through grade 8 who ...

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly ...