New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.
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Who offered Trump an exceedingly rare second state visit? Find out in the quiz
This week’s quiz also features late-night hosts, Emmy losers, the pope, geometry and bears.
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On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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Be square and get to the root of it! Celebrate Square Root Day today!
Square root days happen only a few times in a century, and the man who brought the day fame is celebrating his sixth one.
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A crow’s math skills include geometry
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
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How Alabama students went from last place to rising stars in math
Alabama is the only state where 4th-grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019, before the pandemic. This is the story of how the state pulled it off.
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Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card
There’s some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.
