A new report from UCSD demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college-level math courses.

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

Middle schoolers' access to the course is stratified along racial, socioeconomic, and regional lines, new research finds.

October 2, 2025 - Saran Tugsjargal found herself wondering who would stand up for students like her. Little did she know that she would become that person. Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed your ...

A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

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When Leeia Isabelle started working on her college degree after serving three years in the Navy, she took a placement test and was put into a remedial math class at North Seattle Community College.

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on ...