Schools are often described as engines of opportunity — places where students gain the skills and knowledge needed to build their futures. But for too many young people, that engine stalls before it ...

Too many potential STEM students, especially Latino and Black students, are being filtered out of opportunities because of tracking and placement practices. Too many students of all races are being ...

Two mathematicians have used a new geometric approach in order to address a very old problem in algebra. In school, we often learn how to multiply out and factor polynomial equations like (x² – 1) or ...

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...

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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Three local school district superintendents joined a panel on Thursday morning to discuss concerns facing Oregon public schools, as math and literacy rates suffer. The Portland ...