Improving mathematics education in the K-12 public school system continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing the country today. Despite numerous studies, calls to action and increased ...

Do the math: The Los Angeles Unified School District’s math test scores are rising fast in elementary grades. For example, as many as 52% of Los Angeles third-graders placed at or above the national ...

A local teacher is thinking outside of the "boom box," using music to fight classroom boredom. And he's nearly got it "beat." Lamar Queen is "king" at making arithmetic appealing and equations ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Math scores for elementary and middle school students are down some 5 to 10 points since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to abruptly switch to remote learning in March, ...

Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a federal test ...

Howard Young, who died on July 31, was a numbers person, a math tutor by profession. He liked the logical, immutable notions of math and the analysis it demanded, and loved imparting that knowledge ...

Los Angeles sixth-grader Alana Matthews thinks that someday she might like to be an astronaut. But on a recent morning, she was focused on a more immediate goal: tweaking the designs on a paper rocket ...

NEW YORK — At the kitchen table in Brooklyn, N.Y., Victoria Morey has been known to sit down with her 9-year-old son and do something she’s not supposed to. “I am a rebel,” this mother of two ...

Sometimes the easiest, simplest way to liven up a party, sleepover, family gathering or presentation to a class is to perform a magic trick. Most magic tricks require fancy costumes and props, but ...

AO Advice: How Your High School is Evaluated in the College Admissions Process Get the inside scoop on how colleges assess your high school and its course rigor. Featuring a former Admissions Officer, ...