A 12th grade student in Los Angeles completes work in a class to prepare for college math and statistics. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) California students’ math scores have lagged for years and ...

Clarissa Garcia works on a problem during a geometry class at Compton Early College High School last fall. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California education officials on Wednesday approved a ...

California will officially adopt a new "equity" and "social justice" based mathematics framework for its K-12 schools after a vote from the State Board of Education on Wednesday. After multiple ...

California is in the middle of a math war, and the conflict couldn’t come at a worse time. And although the state has been pushing community colleges to eliminate remedial math courses that often ...

California’s economically disadvantaged students saw the biggest increase in test scores in math, English and science. Math and English test scores in Los Angeles Unified increased at a higher rate ...

After a contentious road to approve a new set of statewide guidelines on teaching students math, California officials must still figure out how to support school districts with implementation. The ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters. The California Department of Education on Monday published its second crack at a new Mathematics Framework, a set of guidelines for ...

California is in the middle of a math war, and the conflict couldn’t come at a worse time. And although the state has been pushing community colleges to eliminate remedial math courses that often ...

Curriculum development and adoption hardly gets the attention it deserves. Every few years, California goes through an extensive process to decide California’s math, language arts, history and science ...

Companies like Google, Apple and Intel offer some of California’s most cutting-edge — and highest-paying — jobs. Last year, those three companies alone brought in more than 10,000 people from other ...