It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

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

Is this a picture of something bad, or something good? Cognitive scientists call this the global-local processing dilemma: Do we perceive the overall image, or focus on the details? Education policy ...

Many students whose last years of high school were disrupted by the pandemic are struggling in crucial college courses. One math major says she found out her grandfather died of COVID while taking her ...

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A new report has found that SAT scores are plummeting, showing that many of high school students cannot even do middle school ...