CNN

US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline

A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...
Education Week

What Math Learned in School Is Most Important? Adults and Their Managers Don’t Agree

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...
Forbes

Meet The Stanford Dropout Building An AI To Solve Math’s Hardest Problems—And Create Harder Ones

24-year-old founder and CEO Carina Hong created Axiom Math in March 2025 and has recruited a team of ten employees, most of whom are from Meta, to build a math-focused AI model. Last fall, Carina Hong ...
The New York Times

What Declines in Reading and Math Mean for the U.S. Work Force

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...