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

A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

October 2, 2025 - Saran Tugsjargal found herself wondering who would stand up for students like her. Little did she know that she would become that person. Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed your ...

A UC San Diego report reveals a sharp decline in math readiness, showing nearly one in eight incoming college students cannot ...

EdSource · California gears up for a big shift in how we teach kids to read This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2017. A new policy from the California State University system will soon allow some ...

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Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

Long considered a crucial portal to the world of postsecondary education and a launching point for more complex studies of mathematics, Algebra 1 is at the heart of most students’ academic schedules ...