When Mattel Toys premiered the talking Barbie doll in 1992, the doll’s first words were, "Math class is tough." Although the toy makers may have thought they were just stating the obvious, parents and ...

Girls had closed long-standing gender gaps in math test scores and were doing about as well as boys on standardized tests in the years leading up to the pandemic. But the gender gap in math has come ...

A 2023 doctoral study from Walden University found that girls placed in single-gender math classrooms, supposedly designed to "support" them, actually scored lower on both the ERB and the PSAT math ...

Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a subject that is a gateway to the fields of science, technology, ...

Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class ...

Sofia Cruz smiles while her classmates work on a project during a Lego-focused science lesson at de Zavala Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Irving. Ronaldo Bolaños / AP IRVING — Crowded ...

An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers. “It looks like student achievement just fell off a cliff,” said Dan ...

Years 7 and 8 students at Kaiapoi North School, equivalent to sixth and seventh grades in the U.S., work out math problems in chalk on their school’s playground. The school is in suburban Christchurch ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in ...