College kids’ math skills worse than ever, California finds — blame our pass-the-buck public schools

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...
KELOLAND.com

Govt. committee wants DOE to report yearly

The South Dakota Department of Education isn’t meeting its goals, so the state’s Government Operations and Audit (GOAD) ...
The Daily Caller on MSNOpinion

Once-Prestigious University Of California, San Diego, Now Admits Students Who Can’t Solve 1st Grade Math Problem

California’s public universities were once excellent at milling out mostly competent graduates (along with the requisite duds ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

CSAT Korean, Math Grade 1 Cutoffs Drop; English 1 Ratio Falls

This year’s CSAT is expected to have a lower raw score cutoff for Grade 1 in Korean and Mathematics compared to last year’s CSAT, as it was more difficult. The proportion of Grade 1 in English, which ...
Register Citizen

State report shows uneven academic progress across Torrington schools

TORRINGTON — The state’s recently released school accountability reports showed that while Torrington schools continued to ...

Ga. officials salute dozens of local schols for achievements

Statewide recognition wemtto schools in the CSRA that demonstrate excellent student progress and proficiency in literacy and ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Students aren’t necessarily missing the math, they’re missing how to make sense of the problem itself. Once we see ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

Chris Selley: Who will stop our kids from getting dumber?

UCSD is no slouch in the college rankings: U.S. News and World Report pegs it as the sixth-best public university in the ...