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Our country is facing a math crisis, with students’ scores on standardized assessments persistently stagnant or declining. When it comes to public policy, there are rarely any easy solutions, but ...

GREENWICH — At nearly every Greenwich Board of Education meeting in 2017, dissatisfaction with the middle schools’ advanced science and math programs has bubbled up in one form or another. More than ...

Briana Hampton, a San Gabriel High School junior, is determined to get into a four-year university to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker or psychiatrist. But she feared she would fail a ...

“The only way to close achievement gaps is to slow down the fast learners.” Compared to other disciplines, mathematics has a much smaller number of concepts to learn. As a result, the students with ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s a new state law requiring all middle school students who test in a certain percentile to automatically be put in advanced math classes. The goal? Eliminating the equity gap.

Jennifer Williams, center, teaches math at Tasby Middle School in Dallas, TX, on Sep 15, 2023. Credit: Jason Janik/Dallas Morning News The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...