May 4—Zac Plank teaches one of the most hated subjects in school, yet in spite of that the WEST Academy math teacher has earned two consecutive Excellence in Education Awards from the Newton Community ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Thousands of new Minnesota high school graduates wouldn’t have received their diplomas this year without waivers from the state. That’s because they repeatedly failed ...

To the editor: As a physics professor who uses Algebra 2 (and higher math) every day, I felt compelled to respond to the debate over how much math the University of California system should require ...

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District officials expressed concern last week over high numbers of failing math grades, with more than 800 secondary students receiving D or F marks in the fall ...

Judson Independent School District's new policy to promote middle school students even if they are failing math or reading doesn’t add up. The policy, enacted by a 5-2 vote in April, will promote more ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

More than 1,000 middle school students failing math or reading in Judson Independent School District will be able to advance to the next grade level under a new policy approved by the board this month ...

I was exhausted trying to stay on top of my son's school work to keep his grades up. My fiancé said I needed to let him fail, but I was reluctant at first. It felt maternally wrong. I finally gave my ...

Now a look at how required math classes may factor into the academic success or failure of high school and college students. Hari Sreenivasan has the story as part of our weekly education series, ...

Teachers often do what they can to ensure students are able to pass their classes, even if the students’ actual performance is lacking. What would you do if you bumped a child’s grade up to help them ...

Scores on Algebra 1 Regents exam plummeted by 14 percentage points at south Queens schools that used a controversial new curriculum teachers have blasted as “a complete disaster,” a superintendent ...