Persell 7th graders work on an assignment in math class. Compared to when he first began teaching math over a decade ago, a “quiz day” in David Gee’s 7th- and 8th-grade math class looks quite ...

In Gilroy Prep’s eighth-grade math class, there are no quiet rows of orderly desks facing an instructor. Instead, the room feels less like a classroom and more like the floor of a stock exchange, with ...

Almost everything we know about education today says that my 3-year-old son will do better than his twin sister in math and science. Years before my twins were born I founded the Silicon Valley ...