The latest findings by an Oakland nonprofit is urging the school district to do more. Families in Action found students' reading and math levels are well below state grade levels.
"It was pretty surprising," the student said.
The National Center for Education Statistics released a new report that says that math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the United States fell to levels from two decades ago.
They call him "That Math Magician," because Deer Valley High School's Mr. Orosco can make students' math struggles disappear. Recently, he's pulled a new skill out of his hat: math raps.
The push is on in Antioch to help low-income students get the tutoring they need and the community is stepping up.
A rural physician in the late 19th Century, an Indiana man dabbled in mathematics and came to believe he had solved several of the world's most vexing mathematical problems.