This year all Springfield eighth graders have an opportunity to take algebra for the first time in a number of years ...

A Pennsylvania father earning around $200,000 wrote to Clark Howard with a specific plan: temporarily switch from Roth to traditional retirement contributions during his son’s college years to keep ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

Rural students in northern Michigan face a tough choice between leaving for college or staying close to home for trade work.

The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to ...

The San Francisco school board approved a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade ...

College algebra is a shockingly common stumbling block to graduation. About 50 percent of students each year fail to pass college algebra with a grade of “C” or better, according to the Mathematical ...

In Springfield, a high-stakes fight over college money is brewing as state lawmakers push a major rewrite of how Illinois hands out operating aid to its public universities. The proposal would steer ...

As longtime college math faculty in San Diego County, we were taken aback by the news about first-year students struggling with middle school math at UC San Diego. The idea that students might score ...

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Your son or daughter may soon have an easier time earning college credits in high school. A new bill, if voted into law, would automatically enroll students who are ...

Are high school students getting the preparation they need for college math? The question, long a focus of study in K-12 math education and policy, is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Sen. Bill ...