Andrew Hacker, a political science professor at Queens College, says all students don't need to learn calculus, geometry and trigonometry. He's pushing for the adoption of "numeracy" -- which would ...

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...

In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Coming in last in the nation in math education is not sitting well with Alabama lawmakers. That’s why Senator Arthur Orr is sponsoring a bill to bring student performance up.

Just over half of Wisconsin's grade school students are meeting, or exceed, state standards for math and English language arts, according to data from standardized tests released Tuesday. What that ...

Less than half of students passed the writing standard in the third pilot of the new NCEA literacy and numeracy test being introduced next year. While that’s an improvement on the previous trial, ...