Imagine a hypothetical baseball player. Call him Alex. He fails a drug test that is known to be 95 percent accurate. How likely is it that he is really guilty? If you said 95 percent, you’re wrong.

On March 14 mathematicians everywhere enjoy a slice of pie as they recite the digits of math's most famous constant. Pi, defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, is ...

Students who physically experience scientific concepts understand them more deeply and score better on science tests, according to a new UChicago-led study. Brain scans showed that students who took a ...

An image purportedly showing a "4th Grade Science Quiz" hit the Internet in April 2013, showing a classroom test entitled "Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel" and consisting of several true/false and ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Results of 2021 Florida Standards Assessment and End-of-Course Exams dropped significantly this year in math, science and social studies from two years ago before the ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Sarah Powell, an ...