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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

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The Senate this week passed a bill to fix IRS math error notices for filers who make simple mistakes on their tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service Math and ...

The bad news keeps coming from America’s K-12 schools. Last week it was the dismal results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and a report Tuesday documents more evidence of ...

Editor's note: We've updated this story with the phrase "unidentified anomalous phenomena," NASA's most recent term for unidentified aerial phenomena. When NASA asked Boston University space physicist ...

COLORADO — Math can be challenging for many students. Recognizing the need for additional math support, the Colorado Department of Education partnered with 18 teachers statewide to develop a free ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

A 10-year-old Wisconsin boy dialed 911 for help with his math homework, specifically a problem involving decimals and the concept of one-tenth. Officer Kim Krause initially explained 911's purpose but ...

SHAWANO CO., Wisc. -- Some emergency responders in Wisconsin might have second career opportunities as tutors. 911 Dispatcher Kim Krause received a call from a 10-year-old boy. He said he really ...

Sheriffs in Wisconsin sprang into action Friday night when a 10-year-old boy called 911 with an epic educational emergency: math homework. The confused kiddo had been struggling with his practice ...