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

Math doesn't end when school does. From interpreting charts and evaluating discounts to managing budgets, analyzing data, and ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

Imagine a world in which the average young adult cannot perform basic life skills such as banking, budgeting, shopping, estimating how long a task might take or form an opinion without the use of ...

California’s Math Scores Are Abysmal. Is It Time to Screen Kindergartners for Basic Math Skills? Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on ...

Educational posters hang on a wall inside a transitional kindergarten classroom at Ira Harbison Elementary School in National City on April 21, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters Welcome to ...

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Education advocates are urging stronger national civics standards as new data highlights gaps in students’ understanding of American government ahead of a federal assessment update. Every four years, ...

Education advocates are urging stronger national civics standards as new data highlights gaps in students' understanding of American government ahead of a federal assessment update. Every four years, ...

Abstract: This full paper presents the process and the results of a systematic review about students' difficulties in basic mathematics concepts in higher education. The main goal of this review is to ...