William Liang At the sixth-ranked American public university, UC San Diego, a quarter of students taking a remedial math course placement exam couldn’t solve for x in this equation: 7 + 2 = x + 6. A ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

The purpose of the College Football Playoff selection committee is to sort through the unsortable -- deciding between two teams of similar accomplishment. This sport is a spectacular mess, of course, ...

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...

Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio breaks down new UC San Diego data on Gen Z math failures, grade inflation, COVID learning loss and why colleges can’t spot ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

MoveBuddha “looked at the in-to-out move ratios and unemployment rates of hundreds of America’s college towns, whittling the list down to 34 standout cities where, in 2025, more people are moving in ...

When professors at one of the nation’s top public universities start warning that their students can’t do middle-school math or write a coherent paragraph, the rest of us should pay attention. A new ...

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...

More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” according to a report ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “I’m not a math person.” We’ve studied it, offered reform around it, and acknowledged its costs. Yet, too often, conversations about barriers to math achievement stop at ...

Much has been written about the various attempts to create more Republican House districts through extreme gerrymandering. This column recently discussed a pending Supreme Court case that could strike ...