When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also ...

New Jersey teachers are no longer required to take a basic skills test in reading, writing and math to get a license under new bipartisan legislation Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law last year. The ...

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February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. The caller had personal knowledge that a recently ...

Aspiring public school teachers in New Jersey are no longer required to pass the state’s basic skills exam in order to be certified. New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy passed Act 1669 as part ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

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

Microsoft Math Solver is a free tool that uses AI to recognize both printed and handwritten math. It’s particularly strong with geometric proofs and interactive graphing, and it pulls learning ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...