California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

More than 60% of Florida students meet grade-level standards

The governor announced the results of this years FAST testing during a stop in Lakeland. See how Polk County compared to the ...
The Boston Globe

This fourth grade numbers whiz from Eastie is taking on Texas in a national competition

Haytam El Ayoubi is not your average 10-year-old. In his free time, the East Boston fourth-grader watches videos about how airplanes are wired and builds his own portable fans. “Just out of motors and ...
Black Hills Pioneer

Education board strips Common Core math in favor of ‘simplified’ standards

RAPID CITY — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards unanimously approved revisions to the state’s math standards Monday in Rapid City, even as a math teacher flagged some problems state ...
KELOLAND News

South Dakota says goodbye to Common Core math

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards on Monday adopted new curriculum standards for mathematics and health. The decisions came after the fourth and final public hearings ...
WUNC

Proposed new math standards for NC students could give more flexibility, ties to careers

North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what students learn in the classroom to the real world. The state Department of Public ...
Chalkbeat

After fights over social studies standards, conservative activists turn to math

This story about math standards was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter ...
The New York Times

These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling

Students at an elementary school in Hollandale, Miss.Credit... Supported by By Nicholas Kristof Photographs by Lynsey Addario Mr. Kristof is an Opinion Columnist who reported from Alabama and ...
Wired

A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
New York Post

College kids’ math skills worse than ever, California finds — blame our pass-the-buck public schools

The University of California at San Diego reported that students with below middle-school level math skills increased by "nearly thirtyfold" from 2020 to 2025. NuPenDekDee - stock.adobe.com See more ...
Newsweek

Students at California University Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system ...