WASHINGTON -- The nation's high-school seniors are slipping in math and failing to make progress in reading, with just one-third of the 12th-graders ready for the academic challenges of college.

Math is an unusual after school activity but one group of Second and Third graders love it so much that if they finish their homework in class, they ask for more. The Eugene Math Circle is an after ...

A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

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eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #4 focuses on making math instruction more relevant to students. The real question students are asking is, “When am I ever going ...

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...