A little boy given a 10 percent chance of survival has defied the odds and is now a genius who outsmarts his teachers and helps his mom budget. Four-year-old Jamie Mohr is “a little miracle” born weighing just 1 pound 8 ounces on Sept. 10, 2018. Jamie’s mom, Lorraine, 38, from Glasgow, Scotland, had been told…
British Woman Who Refused Abortion Is Now a Proud Mom of a 4-Year-Old Math Prodigy
No Grade Level Proficiency in Math or Reading at Dozens of Illinois Schools: Report
According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, not a single student in 53 schools in Illinois can do math at grade level, and in 30 schools, not a single student can read at grade level. These schools, located throughout the state, are under the purview of the Illinois Public School system and…
US Chamber of Commerce Warns of Long-Term Economic Losses From Plunging Child Test Scores
October 25, 2022
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce signaled the alarm after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently revealed the grim performance of fourth- and eighth-grade American students in math and reading as test scores declined in the single largest drop since record keeping began in 1992. “This is a wakeup call for our country—for policymakers,…
The COVID School Report May Be Fauci’s Worst Legacy and Ours
Commentary Though the results were blasted on the front page of The New York Times, the disastrous, worst-in-years test scores in reading and math from the COVID-19 period reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) should surprise no one. That they were even worse for the black population also should be no surprise,…
New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster
Commentary In a predictable, yet nonetheless shocking outcome, the latest scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) record the biggest decline in math in three decades. In mathematics, eighth grade students’ NAEP scores dropped eight points from 2019 to 2022, according to results released Monday. Just 26 percent of eighth graders now perform math proficiently, down from 33…
Gates Foundation Donates $1 Billion to Prioritize Math Education
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it is making grants of more than a $1 billion as part of a sweeping national plan to improve math education over the next four years. Its goal: to help students succeed in school and land well-paying jobs when they graduate, given research that shows the…
‘Nation’s Report Card’: Pandemic Disruption Erodes 20 Years of Growth in Math, Reading Scores
American 9-year-olds suffered a dismal drop in their math and reading scores during the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest federal assessment data shows. The report released Thursday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), popularly known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” paints a bleak picture of how decades of academic progress were erased in the…
‘Woke Agenda’ Among Causes of Declining Math Enrolments, Australian Politician Warns
The “woke agenda” has ravaged the teaching quality of mathematics subjects in Australia, and the country would be “much better off” without it, according to one Australian politician. The comments come following a report by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institutes, which reveals there is a “math crisis” in Australia, with Year 12 math enrolment reaching an…
How Ancient Greek Mathematician Archimedes Discovered the Magic of Pi
Archimedes was a scientist we studied in fifth grade for no other reason than to introduce my students to the wonderful world of pi. What does he have to do with pi? You haven’t heard the story? Well, sit back and let me tell you. He is one of my all-time favorite historical characters! Archimedes…
Australia’s New ‘Decluttered’ Curriculum Expected to Lead to Better Student Outcomes
The Australian education minister has endorsed a “stripped-back and teachable” curriculum focusing on helping students achieve proficiency in foundational skills, which is expected to set a higher standard for educational achievement in the country going forward. The “decluttered” curriculum, which will come into effect next year, will allow teachers to be able to teach the…
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