A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

The Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, which is closely associated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute, received $2 million from the state in the current fiscal year. An amendment that would ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

A major vendor has asked city Comptroller Brad Lander to investigate whether the Department of Education’s purchase of the controversial “Illustrative Math” curriculum unfairly sidestepped the bidding ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

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Students dive into hands-on exercises to boost numeracy skills. Iloilo City, Philippines — To boost student numeracy across the Philippines, the Department of Education (DepEd) partnered with the ...

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan ...

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Education Secretary Sonny Angara (2nd from left) and Khan Academy Philippines President and Chief Executive Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine (3rd from left) sign a memorandum of ...