New Analysis Reveals Graduation Gap in New York: High School Diplomas Rising, Math Readiness Lagging

Albany, N.Y., April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new analysis from the Collaborative for Student Success finds a troubling disconnect in New York between rising high school graduation rates and how ...
The Connecticut Mirror

The gender gap in math is back. The pandemic isn’t the only reason.

Girls had closed long-standing gender gaps in math test scores and were doing about as well as boys on standardized tests in the years leading up to the pandemic. But the gender gap in math has come ...

A Growing Gap Between The Reality And Fiction Of High School Graduation Rates

Graduation rates are rising nationwide, but math proficiency isn't. The "Graduation Gap" is leaving students unprepared for ...
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Gender Gaps in Math: Are Schools Failing Girls?

A 2023 doctoral study from Walden University found that girls placed in single-gender math classrooms, supposedly designed to "support" them, actually scored lower on both the ERB and the PSAT math ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

After years of progress, students’ math gender gap is back. Here’s what the data shows for San Diego County schools.

At Del Rio STEM Academy, a magnet school in Oceanside Unified School District, first-grade teacher Katherine Sebastian uses her hands as she talks through math problems. Her hands come together in a ...
Dallas Morning News

Gender gap in math widened in pandemic. See how schools are making up lost ground

IRVING - Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened.
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Girls closed the gender gap in math; then the pandemic struck

Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a subject that is a gateway to the fields of science, technology, ...
The Connecticut Mirror

The gender gap in math widened in the pandemic

Students work on a project during a LEGO Education science lesson at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Irving, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/Ronaldo Bolaños Crowded around a ...
IFLScience

Boys Are Better At Math? That Could Be Because School Favors Them Over Girls

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
San Francisco Examiner

Math Meltdown: As Test Scores Drop, New Tech Tools Seek to Bridge the Gap

California students face a math emergency, as newly released NAEP results show math achievement sliding to historic lows. Nationally, only about one-third of high school seniors now meet NAEP’s ...
SFGate

Edsource: Girls Closed The Gender Gap In Math; Then The Pandemic Struck

Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys' scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a subject that is a gateway to the fields of science, technology, ...