The New York State Education Department on Monday released some of the reading and math questions that appeared on this year’s third- through eighth-grade standardized tests. Below is one passage from ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The New York State Common Core math test will be given to third to eighth grade students across the state this week. Syracuse.com is asking readers if they can answer math questions ...

Jean Piaget, the Swiss pioneer of child development, thought that children were incapable of having a true concept of God; they just thought of him as a supersized, magical version of their parents.

This month, New York State reported that just 22 percent of the eighth graders who took this year’s Common Core-aligned math test received a passing mark. To find out how you compare with an eighth ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

A decade ago, an economist at Harvard, Ronald Ferguson, wondered what would happen if teachers were evaluated by the people who see them every day—their students. The idea—as simple as it sounds, and ...