A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

A new bill would require schools to screen all kindergartners, first- and second-graders for basic math skills. The idea is to help those children catch up to their peers who might have had much more ...

Global data on math achievement is revealing a dismaying trend: Girls are doing worse than boys — and the margins are huge.

A new guide from the Center on Reinventing Public Education explains the divisions shaping the “science of math” — as well as ...

SAGINAW, MI – On a Thursday afternoon at Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Xavier Velasco diligently solves math problems, pausing to double-check his work when Ms. Kacie Leneway writes the final ...

Three Grade 8 students at a Kingston independent school are being recognized after posting strong results in a national mathematics contest typically written by students a year older. Students from ...

Congratulations! High school graduation rates in your state are hitting all-time highs! But before you crack open the champagne, you should know that only a small fraction of those students can do ...

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

A “solid majority” of Harvard faculty preferred a formula that would cap A grades at 20 percent of enrolled students plus ...

Officials say the new approach is returning promising results as the rates of students passing entry-level English and math ...

California mulls new law requiring kindergartners to take math tests - One teacher said she fears the tests will only focus ...

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