Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When faced with a complicated math problem, one fourth-grader decided to pass on answering, instead invoking the “girl code.” Last ...

Every now and again, homework takes social media by storm. Sometimes it’s a young child’s vexing assignment, or a classic brain teaser. But the problem above that’s stirred such debate is really just ...

Ferndale High School was buzzing with activity on March 12 as more than 160 fourth through eighth grade students, making up ...

Every two years, hundreds of thousands of American fourth and eighth grade students take a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test evaluates students’ reading and math ...

The teachers handed the parents an assignment, on fourth-grade fractions. One mother tapped her fingers and furrowed her brow. Parents put their heads together over a white board and debated whether ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The fourth-graders at Rolling Hills Elementary School are good at math, and it's not because of traditional, pencil-and-paper classroom instruction. They use an online program at www ...

Senate Bill 1067, which requires screening early elementary grade students for math difficulties, can significantly improve ...