Each year, incoming eighth-graders at OJ DeJonge Middle Schoolers, continue a unique tradition of beginning the school year ...

Having written about the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation’s report card for states, I’m ready to do ...

The promise of eighth grade algebra and the loss of upper school students to private schools were two focuses for a School ...

The needle didn't budge much. About two-thirds of tested Tri-City students showed grade-level comprehension or higher in English language. On math, more than half tested at grade level or above.

Eighth grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

Algebra has long been a fundamental part of any high school math curriculum. In many places it's become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students ...

Most fourth graders in this country are not proficient in math. That was true for one rural Wisconsin elementary school until it changed the way it taught the subject. Most of the nation's fourth ...

Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

Angie Werner got a lot more than she bargained for on January 24, when she sat down to help her 8-year-old daughter, Ayla, with her math homework. As Pop Sugar reported in 2018, the confusion began ...

A dad ended up turning to social media for help after a question in his 7-year-old son's math homework left him questioning his "sanity." Debate over the value of homework continues to rage among ...