Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...

Re “State’s ‘math wars’ are hurting Black, Latino students” (April 23): I was an algebra teacher into three decades and found one basic principle: If you don’t know basic arithmetic, i.e., how to add, ...

Being bad at math has become an internet trend in recent years, with low test scores and poor comprehension being used as the punch line of many popular memes and TikToks. What isn’t funny is how ...

The United States is facing a twin crisis—one in education and the other in its labor market. The troubling decline in math proficiency among students raises a sobering question: Is this academic ...

Americans are math challenged. We've been that way from the beginning. We weren't sure how many states were in the Louisiana Purchase, but we knew it was a bunch. Growing up, I always thought of ...

In the U.S., poor math skills could mean lower salaries for today's kids. A Stanford economist has estimated that, if U.S. pandemic math declines are not reversed, students now in kindergarten through ...

The US math crisis has continued to deepen since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Test scores have plummeted more dramatically since 2020, particularly for kids in 8th grade upwards. In fact, ...

It’s no secret that a lot of people dislike math. Whether it is calculating a tip on a restaurant bill, reading a retirement statement, or being called up to the board to work out a problem in school, ...

Math is a major obstacle for many students. Poor math skills exacerbate inequality in education. The good news? Educators and policymakers across the country are tracking these challenges and ...