Reading and math achievement was improving, until 2013. Then it started to slide, even more the pandemic.

Tracking middle-schoolers by math achievement doesn't hurt weaker students, but stronger students learn more.

Raising math achievement is difficult when educators don't agree on what works in the classroom.

More students are completing high school, but fewer are prepared to learn a skilled trade or pass a college math class.

Teaching math works better with chalk and chalkboards, say Stanford professors. It's slower.

Inquiry-first math teaching confuses students. Fluency comes first.

Are simpler math standards conservative?

California wants students to "make meaning" in math class. But many can't add or multiply without a calculator.

Achievement gaps are wide and growing wider, especially in traditional public schools, in the last 20 years.

Math scores are low, and educators can't decide if students need more explicit instruction or more time for "inquiry."

Reading and math scores are below pre-Covid levels in 86 percent of school districts.

Screening students' math fluency and providing help to those falling behind has improved achievement in Alabama -- and England.

China is using "genius" classes for top math and science students to train AI researchers.

Relying on AI to do the math for you is "a recipe for idiocracy."

U.S. students' future earnings -- and the economy as a whole -- will be much lower because of declining achievement in math and reading.

Low math scores have pushed New Zealand and England to adopt explicit, structured teaching "mastering the basics before you move on."

Ford can't find auto mechanics -- for $120,000 a year. Most high school graduates don't know enough math (or read well enough) to succeed in job training.

A third of high school graduates (or less) are ready for college math and reading, but a majority will enroll in four-year colleges.

Without SAT or ACT scores, University of California at San Diego is seeing a "steep decline" in academic readiness.

New York is telling teachers to adopt trendy math ideas that failed in California.