In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Brain teaser puzzles test the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem. These challenges have the potential to boost intelligence and improve ...

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 ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- With a thin spot on the depth chart at tight end because of recent injuries, the Denver Broncos on Wednesday signed 41-year-old Marcedes Lewis to their practice squad. Lewis had ...

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...

WORCESTER — Just a year after Massachusetts voters resoundingly overturned using the 10th grade MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, state leaders are sparking debate by recommending end-of-course ...

Most Utah students aren’t meeting state standards in math and science, according to newly released state testing data. The Utah State Board of Education recently published statewide assessment results ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s top education official accused critics of deliberately misrepresenting state test results in an effort to undermine public schools and push for privatization.

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’ ...

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...

The Education Department has released a new Nation's Report Card. High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report ...