Average math scores are about how students did in 1990; average reading scores are similar to 2004. “This is a very serious matter,” said Peggy Carr, head of the National Center for Education ...

BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to ...

College students struggle with basic math, post-pandemic. Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still ...

When it comes to math, Braham’s leaders have worries that are more basic than getting students to calculus. District scores on state eighth grade math tests have lagged behind the state average ...

BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...