Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education — and may be just as controversial.

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking — ...

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. American students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores ...

Data from federal standardized test scores points to another startling effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on America's children, with numbers indicating that reading and math scores for 13-year-olds ...

California lawmakers are advancing Senate Bill 1067, which would require screening all kindergarten through second-grade students for basic math skills and providing extra help to those behind.

President Donald Trump called out Baltimore schools Thursday during a White House ceremony in which he signed an executive order that would dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Trump, ...

Administrators at Maryland’s Calvert County Public Schools believed the math classes they added to their course catalog years ...