“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...
(CNN) — Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment that shows the devastating impact of Covid-19 on ...
The latest results of the tests known as the Nation’s Report Card offer a mostly grim view of academic progress in U.S. schools. “Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics ...
The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. BERWYN, Ill. — In ...
The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...
SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...
In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...