PHOENIX — Some educators worry that the way math is taught in Arizona’s public schools may be contributing to students’ poor performances on state science tests. An analysis of science test scores ...

In revamping its approach to math, Illinois joins a growing group of states that are passing legislation, unveiling new requirements, or issuing revised guidance designed to counteract yearslong ...

When it was released in September, the latest national assessment showed some upsetting, although not surprising, trends. Considered a good window into how K-12 students in the U.S. are faring, the ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

Image made with elements from Canva. It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our ...

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside ...

Bins full of books line the walls of the third grade classrooms at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Connecticut students’ math and science scores improved last ...

One of Minnesota’s top-performing schools, Math and Science Academy in Woodbury, currently serves 720 students and plans to double that number by 2026. Math and Science Academy, at 8430 Woodbury ...