The bat-and-ball problem is a famous math puzzle that more than half of people—even Harvard graduates—get wrong. It's ...

The third- through eighth-grade scores in Houston ISD largely mirrored statewide trends, with the district performing ...

You can’t argue with numbers, and they are out for three failing Austin Independent School District middle schools.

The Texas Education Agency published results from the annual State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, for ...

As one of the first generators to grow up with social media as a fact of life from the moment they were born, Gen Alpha have ...

UC President James B. Milliken announced a data-driven review of admissions testing after faculty warned they are being ...

The percentage of failing grades in multiple UC Berkeley computer science classes in spring 2026 is significantly higher than past semesters and marks a departure from the department’s grading ...

Late-night host Seth Meyers has mocked President Donald Trump for repeatedly bragging about passing cognitive tests. Meyers ridiculed Trump for his smug reaction to acing his four Montreal Cognitive ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...

Jon Stewart's latest volley at President Donald Trump focused on the president's constant boasting about his cognitive health – and resurrected an old clip of an embarrassing math fail to undermine ...