Math scores in the U.S. have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things ...
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 ...
The University of California at San Diego reported that students with below middle-school level math skills increased by "nearly thirtyfold" from 2020 to 2025. NuPenDekDee - stock.adobe.com What ...
A few years after Louisiana pushed schools to adopt a new, systemic approach to reading instruction, education officials want to revamp the way students learn math. Last month, the state emerged as an ...
A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. In India, many kids who work in ...
Parents’ confidence in their child’s math progression varies based on household socioeconomic level, according to a new poll released by the education policy nonprofit EdTrust and the MassInc Polling ...
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Nicole Richie says she’s “transparent” with her teen kids about “everything” she did as a wild child. During an interview with Glamour, the socialite, who shares daughter Harlow, 17, and son Sparrow, ...
It's a scene many families know all too well: the entire household gathered around the table, pencils in hand, staring down at a seemingly impossible math problem. But for one Ohio family, a normal ...
ChatGPT has already wreaked havoc on classrooms and changed how teachers approach writing homework, since OpenAI publicly launched the generative AI chatbot in late 2022. School administrators rushed ...
During the pandemic, Texas teacher Deidre Kelly took to TikTok to connect with her students and show them fun tips and tricks for learning math. She never expected to go viral: her account now reaches ...