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 ...

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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