In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

High schoolers’ reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth graders, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress ...

LANDOVER, Md. - Abdul Carter had zero interest in talking about the impact plays he made in his NFL debut on Sunday afternoon, and rightfully so. No matter how strong of a game the former Penn State ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

Iran has no path to produce weapons-grade uranium in any of its known centrifuge plants “for the first time in 15 years” after President Trump ordered strikes on them in June, top nuclear weapons ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer discovered something remarkable while studying the Harlem Children's Zone. They had eliminated the racial achievement gap in math and cut it by a third in reading. But ...

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator ...

The latest results from the so-called Nation’s Report Card are out, and they paint a sobering picture of academic achievement across the country. The National Center for Education Statistics has ...

Step inside a $63.8 million penthouse on Billionaires Row, NYC, featuring jaw-dropping futuristic design and luxury. Driver goes airborne on raised drawbridge, escaping cops, Washington police say ...

ST. LOUIS — Four separate shootings across St. Louis in the span of one hour left nine people shot Sunday night, including one man who was killed, police said. At about 7:30 p.m., officers responded ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

MISSOURI, USA — A Powerball ticket sold in Missouri is one of two to win the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot, the second-largest prize in the game’s history. The winners will split the massive prize ...