For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

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Alabama was the only state to earn a "Strong" rating its math education in a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality released Tuesday. The state, which has historically leaned red, ...

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SHAWANO, Wis. (WLUK) -- A 911 call in Shawano County added up to math homework help from an unlikely source. The sheriff's office says last week dispatch received a call from a 10-year-old who said he ...

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