Only 13 percent of rural students major in math and science in college, compared with almost 17 percent of students in the suburbs.

Lowering expectations won’t inspire better outcomes. It risks misleading parents and denying the very students who need help ...

A new effort in Chicago seeks to help high school students make the plunge into college-level math and science.

Girls and boys have similar brains and are equally able when it comes to understanding math, according to the study published in the journal NPJ Science of Learning.