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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

The injuries continue for John Means. Means, 32, suffered a ruptured Achilles during a workout this week, he announced on social media Thursday. The left-handed pitcher said he underwent successful ...

(NEXSTAR) – La Niña hasn’t left us just yet. The climate phenomenon is expected to “continue for the next month or two,” national forecasters said in an update Thursday. This year’s La Niña, which ...

Starting in 2026, the 401(k) contribution limit increases to $24,500 for 2026, up from $23,500 in 2025. There's also an increase for 401(k) catch-up contributions, which apply to workers age 50 and ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an admissions requirement five years ago? Now arrives the dispiriting result: Many freshmen at one of its ...

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 ...

A bill awaiting President Donald Trump's signature aims to make IRS error notices clearer and easier to understand. The IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act would require ...

More than two-thirds of suburban high school juniors scored above 50% proficiency in English language arts and nearly half scored above 50% proficiency in mathematics on the ACT college entrance exam, ...