When Mattel Toys premiered the talking Barbie doll in 1992, the doll’s first words were, "Math class is tough." Although the toy makers may have thought they were just stating the obvious, parents and ...

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

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 ...

Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a subject that is a gateway to the fields of science, technology, ...

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 ...

Sofia Cruz smiles while her classmates work on a project during a Lego-focused science lesson at de Zavala Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Irving. Ronaldo Bolaños / AP IRVING — Crowded ...

Many stories also picked up on the fact that achievement gaps are growing, as lower-performing students have fallen further behind. For instance, in eighth grade math, the scores for the top 10% of ...

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 ...

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.

Years 7 and 8 students at Kaiapoi North School, equivalent to sixth and seventh grades in the U.S., work out math problems in chalk on their school’s playground. The school is in suburban Christchurch ...