While most states have graduation rates between 80-95%, math proficiency is most often below 50%. (There’s a wide range in ...

The University of the Pacific recently hosted the annual Math Steeplechase. More than 1,000 students participated in the ...

As longtime college math faculty in San Diego County, we were taken aback by the news about first-year students struggling with middle school math at UC San Diego. The idea that students might score ...

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

Not surprisingly, students who leave high school without basic skills are struggling in college.

Despite high graduation rates, many US high school students lack math proficiency for college or careers, a new analysis ...

Officials say the new approach is returning promising results as the rates of students passing entry-level English and math ...

Math anxiety is causing many students to self-sort out of the STEM career pipeline early, closing off career paths that would likely be fulfilling (and lucrative). Credit: Andrea Morales for The ...

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...

College algebra is a shockingly common stumbling block to graduation. About 50 percent of students each year fail to pass college algebra with a grade of “C” or better, according to the Mathematical ...