A new study of schoolchildren in France suggests that boys are not innately better at math. Some aspect of schooling appears to drive the "gender gap." ...

December 11, 2025 - A tiny school district in rural Merced County has invested heavily in school counseling. And UCLA researchers have recognized the results. Just before the pandemic struck, girls ...

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STEM gaps in achievement between boys and girls that took more than a decade to close were reopened in just four years, according to a new study from K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA.

A new report based on data compiled by Stanford University shows girls caught up with boys. They largely closed the gender gap in the years leading up the pandemic. However, girls' math scores dropped ...

Achievement gaps between student groups have worsened in the wake of the pandemic and its disruptions to learning. Credit: File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

APS Elementary Math Supervisor Shannan Ellis speaks during the School Board meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 (via Arlington Public Schools) Arlington Public Schools says it is closing a math ...

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For the next few weeks at least, most Graph of the Day posts will highlight “Gaps of the Day.” These are areas of inequality in Minnesota, generally in comparison to other states. We’ll start in ...

Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys' scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a subject that is a gateway to the fields of science, technology, ...