Choosing high school courses can feel high-stakes—and for good reason. According to a survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum ...

December 29, 2025 - Betty Reid Soskin was the nation’s oldest national park ranger. She passed away on Dec. 21 at 104 years old. To honor her, we bring you an episode from 2021, about how a California ...

Teachers at Flushing High School claim the school’s grading system is forcing them to pass students who are actually failing ...

Twice this year, the University of California faculty broadly reaffirmed which high school math courses are required for admissions. However, many school counselors and students, along with the ...

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — This year’s graduating high school seniors got a break. That’s because future classes will have to take more math classes to earn their diplomas. It’s one of several changes in state ...

While studying salmon populations and designing amusement parks, these students are breaking barriers to advanced math that ...

Students listen as Knightdale High School teacher Alex Johnson reviews examples of sequences during a math class on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Knightdale, N.C. North Carolina lawmakers could overhaul ...

We are seeing the consequences of SAT- and ACT-optional admissions policies at schools such as the University of California ...

More than half of U.S. states now recognize that their traditional approaches, including math tracking, often advantage an elite few while overlooking the needs of the broader student population.