The average eighth grader is now three years below grade level in math. How can they do algebra if they’re struggling to divide fractions? Credit: Jill Brady/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty ...

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

After years of watching students struggle with math, state leaders hope they've finally discovered solutions to the problem -- and they're on the cusp of major changes that could alter the way ...