Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Koichi Hagiuda speaks about the postponement of the adoption of written portions of Japanese and math exams in the new standardized ...

HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center ...

Japanese adults are way ahead in math and literacy skills than their peers in 23 other countries, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published ...

Ever since the Common Core state standards were introduced in the United States, teachers for good reason have been under pressure to improve outcomes in math. According to the National Assessment of ...

The Okinawa AMICUS International Elementary School, which is operated by AMICUS International School Educational Foundation (Chairperson: Fumio Akao, HP: https://www ...

Things weren’t going well with my math placement test—things have never gone well for me on any math test. As I tried to solve 13 – 5, I lost track while counting on my fingers, and as I calculated ...

A 116-year-old Japanese woman -- who is usually up by 6 a.m. and enjoys studying mathematics -- was honored Saturday as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority ...

At least seven teachers from different elementary schools in the city got perfect scores in the Japanese Math Certification Test or Suken that was given to them last January 26. But overall, only 57 ...

NORMAL — Aozora “Zoe” Brockman is like many Central Illinois eighth-graders. The Congerville 13-year-old is active in her favorite sport, gymnastics. She likes to spend free time with friends. And ...