Meerkats engage in playful antics, revealing charm and character from all sides. The Republican governor getting under Trump’s skin Ukraine made huge battlefield gain last week Earth’s disastrous 10th ...

It’s time to “get back to basics” in math, Gov. Kathy Hochul says as she calls for sensible curricular and instruction changes. She’s right; too bad she has zero power over New York’s education ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal to send Americans $2,000 checks funded by his sweeping tariffs is under fire for not adding up. Trump, 79, pledged to send rebates to U.S. citizens who are “low and ...

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As many as 45% of U.S. high school seniors lack basic math skills, while more than 30% lack basic reading skills—the lowest rates in more than three decades—according to test results released by the U ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer discovered something remarkable while studying the Harlem Children's Zone. They had eliminated the racial achievement gap in math and cut it by a third in reading. But ...

Donald Trump won’t stop lying about his dangerous plan to decrease drug prices in the stupidest way possible. “This is something that nobody else can do,” Trump said during a reception with members of ...

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said he is not a “great mathematician,” but he might be in this case. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took questions from members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on ...