It’s time to “get back to basics” in math, Gov. Kathy Hochul says as she calls for sensible curricular and instruction changes. She’s right; too bad she has zero power over New York’s education ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday is expected to announce plans to boost math instruction in her State of the State policy speech through guidance for school districts and increased professional ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

Re “Dismal student test scores deserve boos, not cheers” (Oct. 17): I taught sixth-grade math for 24 years and found that the biggest impediment to teaching at that level was that so many students had ...

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U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

Donald Trump won’t stop lying about his dangerous plan to decrease drug prices in the stupidest way possible. “This is something that nobody else can do,” Trump said during a reception with members of ...

Venezuelan fighter jets flew over U.S. Navy ship in "show of force" Domestic violence victim uses hand signals to ask for help: Police Young man and the sea: Teen fishing off New England coast catches ...