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Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

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On the Wednesday, October 22, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: The 2025 Nation’s Report Card reveals that US students are still falling behind in reading and math. Martin West, Academic Dean at ...

Annual school district report card results show slight improvement for math scores across Ohio; while reading scores stagnated and absenteeism continues to plague many districts. The Ohio Department ...

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