A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

U.S. 4th and 8th grade students are performing worse in math, and somewhat worse in reading, than they were two years ago, according to new data from a national test. The results were a surprise to ...

One in a series of occasional articles highlighting the philosophies and techniques of innovative teachers. Vern Williams was always one step ahead as a student at Paul Junior High School in the ...