Local Education Schools face a math problem: Money is running out and kids are still behind. In some parts of the country, student scores in math still have not reached pre-pandemic levels.

Giada Gambino, 10, left, becomes frustrated with a problem on a math worksheet from school as her mother helps her work through it at the dining room table in their home Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023 ...

A student works a problem in a second grade math class at Place Bridge Academy, May 20, 2025, in Denver. Early experiences with math can shape whether a student decides they're a "math person" or not.

Students had been making incremental progress on national math tests since 1990. But over the past year, fourth and eighth grade math scores slipped to the lowest levels in about 20 years ...

The math problem: Kids are ... 7 yrs, right back, and Eden Pollard, 6 yrs, right, work on math problems during a summer ... Jennifer Matthews has seen the pandemic fallout in her eighth grade ...