Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But new research I led found that difficulties with advanced topics often stem from earlier gaps in understanding. Because ...

Scores on New York’s statewide assessment tests improved in both math and English language arts during the 2024-2025 school year. Statewide, 57% of students tested proficient in math last year, up 3 ...

Never miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter. We redesigned this tool with more timely data and context to help Texans interpret information about our schools. Independent Texas reporting ...

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Students at Burbank Elementary School in Logan Heights have achieved remarkable gains in English reading and math test scores, earning recognition from California State ...

MCPS worker accused of secretly filming underage students released on $10K bond A Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) employee accused of recording underage students inside a high school changing ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s top education official accused critics of deliberately misrepresenting state test results in an effort to undermine public schools and push for privatization.

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...

Scores for 12th-graders in math and reading continued their years-long slide, reaching new lows on national tests, new data released Tuesday shows. The declines were underway before the onset of the ...