Why it matters: Completing Algebra 2 helps students develop advanced problem-solving and analytical skills essential for higher-level academics and many careers. Winning strategies: Steady practice, ...

India is home to 250 million school-going children. These students speak dozens of languages, yet they share a common fear ...

After having held four public hearings, the South Dakota Board of Education Standards (BOES) has unanimously approved (May 4, ...

In a Massachusetts school district, by 2021, after years of decline on the state test, only 12 percent of middle schoolers ...

Some leaders reduce our math crisis to two words: test scores. For decades, hopes of progress were dashed by flat to ...

The key to improving math outcomes isn’t a new program — it’s transforming how teachers understand and teach the subject.

Crystal McMachen, a middle school math teacher in Rapid City, told board members she worried the standards were ...

This story about math standards was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...