The reasons range widely, experts say, from women facing the lingering, ages-old stereotype that boys are better at math and science, to them lacking role models both in their college faculties ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Habib Bojang traveled with his grandmother to her farm in Sukuta, Gambia, at 6 a.m. every day. They returned home by seven so Bojang could start his 30-minute walk to school. At least ...

Two school board races in the Central Kitsap School District are contested in the Nov. 4 election. Read about candidates here.

Some Western Pennsylvania educators are pushing back on a national report indicating a decline in math and reading test scores among high school seniors. The report, released by the National Center ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News will introduce ...

Dear Eric: I’m 81 years old and my husband is 84. We were comfortably retired until our 44-year-old daughter and 9-year-old granddaughter moved in with us a few weeks ago. Our daughter was evicted ...

Sunday was a great day for NFL defense, as the slate of Week 3 games saw a record four blocked field goals, all taking place in the fourth quarter of the first window. Per the NFL, it's the most ...

Some Alberta cities will use a 'kangaroo board' to tabulate complex, at-large election ballots after the province banned electronic vote-counting in municipal elections.

Arkansas students who participated in the Educational Freedom Accounts program last school year outperformed on average 57% of students nationwide in math and 59% of students in English language arts ...

Abington Heights Abington Heights Middle School student Ernesto Vasquez was one of 52 middle school students chosen to participate in the Appalachian STEM Academy, a one-week summer program that ...

In the 1960s, the Soviet climatologist and mathematician Mikhail Budyko set out to investigate the potential future of a planet on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. He started by looking some 600 ...