The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Susan Gilkerson, ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

Only 4% of Guam Department of Education students in their junior year of high school met or exceeded standards in math assessments, while 21% met or exceeded standards in English and language arts, ...

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

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"This is what we do every day," says Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School principal Kari Louhivuori, "prepare kids for life." Stuart Conway It was the end of term at Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School in ...

Returning to England in 1960, he joined the computer firm Elliott Brothers, where one of his first tasks was to write an algorithm for a sorting method known as a “shell sort”. The story goes that he ...