Cassidy has asked 35 institutions about incoming students' math abilities, citing a "crisis" in K-12 math education.

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Houston ISD seventh grader Xavier Cherkas can solve a Rubik's cube in less than a minute. He's been a math whiz since he was 2, when he began reciting polygons and counting as high as he could, his ...

What was the hardest part about teaching during the pandemic? Seeing students who already struggled not be able to get what they needed during that time. Before the pandemic, I could work with ...

These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students ...

Today, almost 80% of 12th graders score below national proficiency standards. And while data science isn’t the main culprit, ...

Districts are already making large financial investments into core programs. So why are they still buying more resources to ...

A new international study showing a significant drop in U.S. students' math test scores is raising concerns over student performance. The National Center for Education Statistics, or NCES, released ...

Being a teacher doesn’t mean guiding one person, it means finding a way to equally educate dozens of children with different backgrounds, and possibly languages. Middle school math teacher Amanda Yost ...

Summer is here. The regular school year has ended. But Alabama’s public schools are cranking back up for elementary summer reading and math camps. These camps are designed for elementary school ...

U.S. students' math scores have declined from 2019 to 2023, according to the results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, administered to fourth-grade and eight-grade students ...