On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. Five years after the Covid pandemic closed schools and ...

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...

A mixed class of Year 2 and 3 students — equivalent to first and second grades in the United States — practices fractions at Beach Haven School in Auckland, New Zealand. The government has instituted ...

Michigan's third graders ― at a stage of development when stakes are high to master reading — slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023, while elementary schoolers largely ...

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Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...