Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class are multitude.

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers. “It looks like student achievement just fell off a cliff,” said Dan ...

Girls had closed long-standing gender gaps in math test scores and were doing about as well as boys on standardized tests in the years leading up to the pandemic. But the gender gap in math has come ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself.

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing ...

STEM gaps in achievement between boys and girls that took more than a decade to close were reopened in just four years, according to a new study from K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA.

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In 2024, The Bridgeable Math Gap: Lessons Learned from Dyslexia introduced educators to dyscalculia, explored how to recognize early signs, highlighted the importance of timely intervention, and ...

A version of this story was originally published by EdSource. Girls closed the gender gap in math; then the pandemic struckJust before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and ...