California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

Math, meals, period products and book challenges: What's in the budget for K-12 education

The budget, unveiled Tuesday by lawmakers, includes everything from math education improvements to banning “meals of shame” ...

Religious instruction, public schools and the NC budget: 5 things to know

The new state budget would require public schools to allow students to leave class for an hour a week of religious ...

As enrollment falls, mixed grades become new normal at Portland elementary schools

Thirty-eight Portland elementary and K-8 schools will blend classrooms across at least two grade levels next fall, up from 13 ...
Edutopia

How to Incorporate the Outdoors Into Elementary Math Learning

Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...
Capital Gazette

Longer math classes coming to these three Anne Arundel schools

Some Anne Arundel County middle schoolers will spend more time in math class next academic year amid a pilot program. The initiative will launch at Arundel, Corkran and Wiley H. Bates middle schools, ...
The Boston Globe

This fourth grade numbers whiz from Eastie is taking on Texas in a national competition

Haytam El Ayoubi is not your average 10-year-old. In his free time, the East Boston fourth-grader watches videos about how airplanes are wired and builds his own portable fans. “Just out of motors and ...
Game Rant

Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred Class Tier List (2026)

Marc Santos is a Guides Staff Writer from the Philippines with a BA in Communication Arts and over six years of experience in writing gaming news and guides. He plays just about everything, from ...
Scientific American

An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI

Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...
Computerworld

GPT 5.4 solves previously unsolved math problem with help from long-forgotten human research

GPT just keeps getting better at mathematics, increasingly solving the trickiest of problems. In January, AI testing company Epoch AI found that a previous version of the AI model, GPT-5.2 Pro had ...
The New York Times

Smaller Classes: Mamdani Does the Math

The mayor would need $700 million for teachers to reduce class sizes in line with a state mandate. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at what it will take to reduce class ...
The Clarion-Ledger

First reading, now math. MS senator wants to repeat 'Mississippi miracle'

Mississippi senators have passed the "Mississippi Math Act" to reform elementary school math education. The bill proposes placing math coaches in schools and implementing early screening for students.