Modesto, Calif. — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a "pre-celebration" ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The nation’s students face a deepening reading crisis, with most states showing minimal progress in recent years, ...

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows. By Claire Cain Miller Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh Something troubling is happening in U.S.

American math and reading test scores have fallen in the last decade, according to data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Read more about why that’s happening.

Many Americans don't like the AI data centers popping up in their communities, though Kevin O'Leary thinks that's because they don't fully understand them. O'Leary, the venture capitalist and "Shark ...

The “science of reading” movement has brought sweeping changes to the curriculum teachers use in the classroom and the professional development they take—but educators still voice substantial ...

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a writer and editor include time at the broadband marketplace Allconnect, as well as working with clients like ...

Hyperscales are increasingly tapping private credit and debt markets to finance the build-out of AI data centers. The huge sums of money flowing into the sector pose both risks and rewards for ...

A German research team has developed CuInSe₂ micro-concentrator solar cells using laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition to grow indium islands directly on molybdenum-coated glass, ...

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming ...