All of them scored low on the state’s STAAR math test last spring and this school year were enrolled in an intervention course—“math lab”—that meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and some Fridays to supplement ...

Ella Hereth, a geometry teacher at IPS' Harshman Middle School, has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in ...

Middle school students showed off their math skills during the “Math Counts” competition at South Sioux City Middle School.

Such tightly-regulated school environments can stifle adolescents’ growth at a time when they crave independence and the ...

Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of ...

When the Unified School District of De Pere received its report card from the State Department of Public Instruction, it ...

Students pick up misleading notions of math ability early on, she says. For instance, an often cited study showed that ...

Naperville School District 203 may revamp student schedules by making such changes as adding 15 minutes to the elementary ...

The National Assessment for Educational Progress results show a dispiriting and growing gap between students who are academic ...

The results also highlighted the sharp divergence between higher- and lower- achieving students. The modest progress in fourth grade math was entirely driven by high-achieving students. And the ...

Middle school is like crossing a swinging bridge – uncertain, sometimes daunting, but an essential step to growing up. For ...

Teachers and families had been vocal in complaining about the new math and reading programs that were adopted.