Sarah Schwartz

After years of steady declines in reading and math scores, new results from a national test of 9- and 13-year-olds offer tentative signs of recovery—9-year-olds are doing better in these two subjects than they were three years ago, and the lowest-performi... See more

Last week the ABC and SBS informed the federal government they would not adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The ABC said its existing editorial guidance already drew the line cle... See more

American schools are in a decade-long “learning recession,” a new report from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford shows. But contrary to the narrative that attributes declines mainly to the pandemic and increased screen time, the report’s auth... See more

As students move up through the grades in elementary and middle school, math marches relentlessly forward—whether they’re ready or not. Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume t... See more

Middle and High School Math: How to Get Struggling Learners on Track May 4, 2026 While the academic struggles of young learners in math have been a huge concern, many educators say the challenges facing middle and high school students in that subject are ... See more