QNS

Fuzzy math? Flushing High School under investigation by NYCPS as teachers claim they are forced to pass failing students

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

Can tech bring joy into classrooms?: Kashyap Kompella on one possible future for AI

It is a tantalising possibility: artificial intelligence not as a techno shortcut but as the thing that gives wings to young ...
Forbes

UC San Diego Finds One In Eight Freshmen Lack High-School Math Skills

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. More than 25% of the UC San Diego students placed in the school's lowest remedial math class ...
siliconera

Touhou Cirno’s Perfect Math Class Used to Promote McDonald’s

Like previous parody songs, the lyrics have been changed to reflect the menu item in question. Cirno advertises the three types of cheese that are in the pie (cheddar, gouda, and Camembert). Instead ...
Wall Street Journal

The College Students Who Can’t Do Elementary Math

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Not a 'math person?' No worries; here's how Green Bay area schools are changing math class

Schools are starting to switch from learning math through memorization to learning it by problem-solving, focusing on understanding concepts. Ashwaubenon added class time to math and ELA in middle ...
The Atlantic

‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...
DCU

Formative Assessments Co-created with Students (FACCtS)

Aims/Objectives: Data Literacy and Analytics is a core transversal skill essential for thriving in today’s data-driven world. In recognition of this, the Data Literacy and Analytics for the 21st ...
Wall Street Journal

Twelfth-Grade Math and Reading Scores in U.S. Hit New Low

American high-school seniors’ scores on major math and reading tests fell to their lowest levels on record, according to results released Tuesday by the U.S. Education Department. Twelfth-graders’ ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Nationwide test scores show U.S. high school students falling behind in math and reading

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 years, according to ...
Newsweek

High School Students’ Reading, Math Scores Hit New Low

The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card. The National Assessment of ...