A 16-YEAR-OLD girl committed suicide after discovering that she only passed two out of seven subjects in last year’s Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level examinations. Bulawayo ...

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American students’ math scores took a bigger hit from the pandemic than their peers overseas, according to a closely watched international exam. U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students’ math ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Will I ever need math besides for school or work ...

The question goes: "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?" Is your knee-jerk response that the ball costs 10 cents? That is a ...

The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) is investigating candidates who are believed to have had access to Ordinary Level Mathematics paper 1 that leaked before it was written. The ...

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Former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice appeared on five Sunday political shows and said the attacks were spontaneous, and the result of an anti-Muslim video made by an American. Rice's statements ...