While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in traditional high school classes, many have embraced trendy curricula ...

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...

The right combination of a learning-focused device and curriculum-aligned digital content can significantly impact a child's ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. For folks in the literacy world, the bitter fight over California’s math framework ...

Latino and African-American students were less likely to pass algebra 1 and less likely to attend high schools that offer advanced math or science classes than their white and Asian peers, according ...

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Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...