“Puke green” and “split pea soup” are just two of the phrases being used to describe President Donald Trump’s algae-filled, green Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, as well as some catchy phrases like ...

India may be approaching one of the biggest domestic energy transitions in its modern history. Over the next few years, the shift could happen very fast. Indian kitchens are moving away from LPG-based ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — If you’re a qualified secondary-school math teacher, the Lafayette Parish School System has a deal for you. The Lafayette Parish School Board has approved a one-time $3,000 ...

Global data on math achievement is revealing a dismaying trend: Girls are doing worse than boys — and the margins are huge. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. In 2023, fourth-grade boys ...

Dr. Clayton is a mathematician. Candidates for quantitative jobs — like those on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley — are sometimes asked offbeat questions such as: How many Ping-Pong balls fit in a 747 ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

New survey data indicates that organizations are pushing hard for passwordless authentication. A significant chunk of online account passwords in 2025 remain basic and easy to crack — a fact that will ...

When professors at one of the nation’s top public universities start warning that their students can’t do middle-school math or write a coherent paragraph, the rest of us should pay attention. A new ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress—also known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—is now out. It shows 12th-graders’ performance slipping to a record low. According to the report, ...

As many as 45% of U.S. high school seniors lack basic math skills, while more than 30% lack basic reading skills—the lowest rates in more than three decades—according to test results released by the U ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest ...

America just failed another test. After a decades-long decline in reading and math scores, a recent report says students in the U.S. aren’t improving… In fact, they’re getting worse. But what’s more ...