We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.

BETHEL -- Distance equals rate times time -- D=(R)(T) -- a seventh-grade math equation that on a worksheet in a classroom looks and sounds a bit dull. But take it outside with a police officer, a car ...