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Palm Beach County School District saw improved student performance in English and math across multiple grades. The district also showed gains in end-of-course exams for subjects like Algebra I, ...

Ameer Baraka knew something was wrong long before anyone gave it a name. Ameer grew up in poverty in Louisiana and had difficulty learning to read, but no one caught it. By third grade, he had already ...

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Everything modern civilization has built rests on two modest skills: Reading and arithmetic. America spent two centuries showing what they make possible. It is now showing what their absence does. The ...

The t-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for “everyday wear”. Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m too pretty to do math”. While some may see it as a joke, it is sparking ...

In integrated math courses like the one taught at Chapman High School, students typically learn a blend of algebra and geometry concepts in the same class, rather than separately. Credit: Doug Barrett ...

The number of public school students scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts exams went up by 7.2% this year, according to new data from the exams given to students in grades three ...

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