The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...

As the 2026 testing season hits its peak, students face a tight window of AP exams from May 4–15 and a fully digital SAT landscape that demands precise preparation. With strict College Board rules on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our high-stakes exams—math ...

Results of a math test teacher candidates in Ontario must pass in order to be certified show striking disparities across language, age and racial groups, the province's teachers' federation says. The ...

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Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars concluding that only humans possess the foundations of this understanding.

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 ...

Real-world violence linked to AI chatbots includes a school shooting in Canada, a stabbing in Finland, and an explosion case, highlighting serious safety risks. Wikimedia Commons Eight of the 10 most ...

CBSE Class 12 Maths Exam 2026: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 Mathematics board exam is scheduled to be held on Monday, March 9, 2026. Mathematics is one of the most ...

A math teacher at a top San Francisco school has been placed on leave after allegedly adding fat-shaming and misogynistic questions to students’ tests. Tom Chan, who has worked at Lowell High School ...

The verdict, it seems, is in: artificial intelligence is not about to replace mathematicians. That is the immediate takeaway from the “First Proof” challenge—perhaps the most robust test yet of the ...