New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

Call it IBM’s Math-To-The-Rescue Program. Big Blue this week said its researchers had created specialized algorithms to help model and manage natural disasters such as wildfires, floods and diseases.

If you're Samuel Crisp and you live on the tornado-blasted south side of Pulaski, that question is easy. When your enclosed back porch is gone, your roof is half torn off, and blown-out windows are ...

As bad as state test scores are for K-12 students in Champaign-Urbana schools, they are even worse when broken down among demographic groups. The Illinois State Board of Education’s recently released ...

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