A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Her students can, for the most part, understand the concepts she’s trying to teach. They can memorize and use the Pythagorean ...

A grade-school math problem has stumped people. Can you solve the equation?

Global data on math achievement is revealing a dismaying trend: Girls are doing worse than boys — and the margins are huge.

Efforts to use the tech to customize lessons to students' individual interest demonstrate its potential—and the shortcomings.

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are ...

A new bill would require schools to screen all kindergartners, first- and second-graders for basic math skills. The idea is ...

A spokesperson for the New York State Education Department said glitches related to the state’s testing vendor, the Northwest ...

Voracious readers can again get free pizza this summer as a long-running summer reading program makes its return.

A “solid majority” of Harvard faculty preferred a formula that would cap A grades at 20 percent of enrolled students plus ...