Could improving students' math skills boost financial literacy? Some policymakers think so. New data show American teens' money smarts are, at best, middling. Among the 18 countries in the ...

Now a look at how required math classes may factor into the academic success or failure of high school and college students. Hari Sreenivasan has the story as part of our weekly education series, ...

Greg Duncan before delivering the keynote address at the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s forum on early math. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today A study showing that early math skills are ...

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Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math. This week, they proposed that all school districts be ...