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You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

When I was in middle school, I had a classmate who would look at trigonometric functions and yell, "I will never need these!" ...

Federal data shows post-pandemic student math scores are still down. Maine education officials are responding with a new effort to show students that math has real-world relevance.

PITTSFIELD — Kathleen Lambert has always wanted a car-free lifestyle. As the new administrator for the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority, she’s thrilled that she now lives close enough to walk to ...

Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a grueling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William Lowell Putnam ...

A New Jersey mom found herself so confused by her six-year-old daughter’s math homework, she had to ask the teacher for help. The school year is a stressful time for parents. A 2025 Ipsos survey of ...

OK, you would be forgiven for never having heard of diseases like trachoma or schistosomiasis. That is why they are called neglected tropical diseases. These ancient afflictions affect more than a ...

Fraud is a form of financial crime that can be carried out through human actions, technology, or a combination of both. It ...

A bad-tempered troublemaker with a long history of violence repeatedly punched a man after taking offence at being asked to leave an organised Airsoft event because of his aggressive attitude.

Even as gun deaths in Hawaii have increased at a rate faster than most states over the past decade, the group meant to bring public health officials and law enforcement together to share and discuss ...