WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, has said U.S. math scores lag behind those of countries that do not stress real-world relevance.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- To revive America's leadership in technology and innovation, President Bush in his State of the Union address proposed multibillion-dollar funding in science an

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Debate is running high among U.S. educators on how best to standardize and improve the teaching of algebra throughout the country, USA Today said.

SAN DIEGO, April 15 (UPI) -- Fourth-graders and handheld calculators could make for a questionable mix, a study suggested Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The impression that students are overburdened with homework is false, according to a report by the Brookings Institute.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The standardized education tests that federal law now requires public schools to administer to students are capable of adequately measuring the performance of both students and schools, according to a new study from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Rese

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. school system may not be able to produce workers who can fuel prosperous economic growth because of the continuing poor performance of primary and secondary schools, according to a recent study from a prominent education policy scholar.

Public schools with outstanding athletic programs tend to perform as well, and in some cases better, than schools that do not have comparable athletic programs, according to a report from the Brookings Institute.