Editorial written by Bloomberg Opinion Board Math scores in the U.S. have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the ...

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

By Bill Bucher Jr. A good friend of mine once shared with me this little nugget of wisdom: “If you recognize that four out of five American citizens aren’t capable of doing basic mathematics,” he said ...

Assigning one letter grade to an entire school is tricky business. But do they lead to bigger divides between “good” schools ...

CRESSON — Penn Cambria High School is outperforming state averages in algebra, literature and biology “pretty consistently,” assistant to the superintendent Jeanette Black said during Tuesday’s school ...

Mallory Crist has spent her entire 18-year teaching career in her hometown, including teaching third grade for the last 16 ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one ...

First comprehensive review in four years finds no meaningful curriculum reform in textbooks for grades 1-4 and 12, which were ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

We asked teachers around the country how they’re handling the giggles, shouts, and sometimes intense disruption caused by the ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader's self-evaluation form listed several categories: "I follow directions," "I understand math," "I like to read," and one we ...