Python still holds the top ranking in the monthly Tiobe index of programming language popularity, leading by more than 10 percentage points over second-place C. But Python’s popularity actually has ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

Waaree Energies has started operations at its 1.5 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Samakhiali–Kutch, India. The plant, operated by subsidiary Sangam Solar One, comprises two production lines ...

The math crisis narrative is now familiar: On the Nation’s Report Card in 2024, only two in five fourth graders were proficient in grade-level math. By eighth grade, proficiency drops to just one in ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

The number of first-year students at the University of California, San Diego, whose math skills fall below a middle school level has increased nearly 30-fold over the past five years, according to a ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

On the Wednesday, October 22, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: The 2025 Nation’s Report Card reveals that US students are still falling behind in reading and math. Martin West, Academic Dean at ...

Washington has an urgent math problem. Nearly one in three students cannot demonstrate basic grade-level skills, and among low-income students it’s almost one in two. In a state that prides itself on ...