Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

Shares of energy companies rose sharply as traders rotated back into the sector. Oil futures recovered the $60-per-barrel level following Ukrainian drone attacks on a Russian Black Sea port. Pipeline ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Fantasy Basketball Minutes Report. Every week, I will be going through each team's updated minutes per game to see which players are seeing the court more or ...

U.S. stocks were trading mixed going into midday trading on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher, the S&P 500 was losing ground and the Nasdaq Composite was trailing both. Meta ...

New York students’ math scores lag the national average and have remained stagnant for many years, despite massive increases in per-pupil funding. In May, the New York State Department of Education ...

Imagine spinning a top and then letting it come to rest. Is there a way for you to spin the top again so it ends up in the exact position it started, as if you had never spun it at all? Surprisingly, ...

Philadelphia students' math scores have improved over the past three years and student attendance is on the rise, according to preliminary student performance data for last school year shared at a ...

When it comes to determining their lineups for the exhibition season, the Hawks think about everything. They, of course, want to get a sense of how different lineups work together, but they also ...

Jeanne DeRosa is a middle school math teacher in Natick who moonlights as a stand-up comedian. Her comedic persona, "MAD Barbie," focuses on her life as a middle-aged, divorced woman. DeRosa began her ...

Journal Editorial Report: Public schools compete for students as more parents opt out. The bad news keeps coming from America’s K-12 schools. Last week it was the dismal results from the National ...