Consider supporting our stories and becoming a member today. In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had ...

The pressure to reach Calculus by a student’s senior year of high school often translates into pressure to take Algebra I, the first course in a five-course sequence, by eighth grade. Algebra I (or ...

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — At 14 years old, Sirish Subash is now America's "Top Young Scientist." The 9th-grade student from the ...

The graduation rate among Illinois students hit a historic high, of nearly 88%, last school year, as did student performance ...

When students take Algebra 1 matters. If high schoolers don’t pass the course by 9th grade, they’re unlikely to reach college-preparatory math in high school. There are too many courses to get ...

Sirish Subash could revolutionize the identification of pesticides on foods with his handheld AI pesticide detector ...

Distinguishing himself with an AI handheld pesticide detector of his own design, Gwinnett County resident Sirish Subash was ...

Statewide, ninth-grade students were 75% proficient, 10th-grade students were 74% proficient and 11th-grade students were 70%. Des Moines Public Schools students' math proficiency improved 1 point ...

while 21.4% were at Level 1 in math, down from 27.3% in 2023. Average class size continues to drop, to 21.8 students compared to 23.5 two years ago. Graduation rate jumped slightly, from 94.8% in 2023 ...

On average, 41% of Illinois elementary students met or exceeded literacy standards last year, while only 28% met or exceeded ...