Average math scores for 9- and 13-year-olds in the U.S. remain lower than they were 10 years ago, according to 2025 federal testing data released Wednesday — a warning sign not only for schools, but ...

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Near the end of sixth grade, Bronia DePedrina’s daughter became anxious and stressed about going to school. Her daughter had always been a good student and enthusiastic learner, said the Vancouver ...

Chance Stone is the project manager at the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), heading a high-profile initiative to improve math performance in the state's public schools. Stone is happy to ...

New Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is promising changes to New York City’s controversial math reforms for middle school and high school students. The initiative, known as NYC Solves, has faced ...

Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that multiplication is just repeated addition. And that mastering the times tables will help students simplify ...

President Donald Trump was expected to sign a “Ways and Means Bill,” focused on “protecting taxpayer rights” by requiring the IRS to “show its math when changing returns,” according to a news release ...

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For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

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