What you need to knowThe Philadelphia School District is considering a sweeping facilities plan. Superintendent Tony B.

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Students in Georgia describe the terror of a school shooting as prosecutors try to convict the suspect’s father for giving him the gun. On Tuesday, ninth-graders testified that they saw ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

Life throws curveballs. Even with the strength of a union behind us, individual members and their families can face tough times. These struggles aren’t always just financial—they can bring emotional ...

The new courses are part of the state’s push to offer options other than Advanced Placement. Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at ...

Ever wonder what the '98' stands for on an Oldsmobile 98? The origin story of the Oldsmobile 98 goes back to 1941, with Oldsmobile's flagship model. The car that carried this name was Oldsmobile's ...

Courtney Gibbons is affiliated with the Association for Women in Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society. You might remember learning about the quadratic formula to figure out the solutions ...

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. The equations are fundamental to maths as well as science, where they have broad applications ...