A Los Angeles Unified middle school student studies during a seventh- and eighth-grade English and Social Studies class in spring 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles public school ...

I remember the day in ninth grade algebra when I asked my math teacher the question most students ask: When would I ever use y=mx+b in my “real life?” He did not provide a compelling answer. Like many ...

More New York students are scoring proficient in English and math, according to new data released by the Empire Center—but questions remain about whether the gains reflect real improvement or changes ...

As teacher David Ramirez strode around his 7th-grade classroom at Oakland’s Urban Promise Academy, he was taking on a central challenge of the new Common Core standards: how to ensure that students ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada students are showing an improvement in both math and English after the latest results from the statewide assessments. One of the biggest improvements revealed in that report ...

Los Angeles Unified Supt. Alberto Carvalho greets students and families at Main Street Elementary School on the first day of the 2024-25 school year. (Al Seib / For The Times) Test scores for ...

For the first time since COVID-19 hit, California students demonstrated slight across-the-board gains in math, English and science according to statewide standardized testing data released Thursday.

Howard County students made small gains in English language arts and math scores, while proficiency in science for fifth and eighth-grade students saw a decline, according to Maryland Comprehensive ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (7News) — In a startling revelation, over 80% of Maryland students have fallen short on state proficiency tests in math and English language arts, according to scores reported by ...

When I was in ninth grade, my English teacher assigned selections from S.I. Hayakawa’s “Language in Thought and Action.” My friends and I were initially baffled by his concepts. Still, we eventually ...

Math education can be difficult—for students and teachers. Those difficulties are often magnified when students have learning disabilities such as dyscalculia that can make it difficult to learn math ...

For young English-language learners, language skills can be a barrier not just to reading but math as well. Educators and researchers working in two school districts here hope that helping students ...