Matific, a math resource for K-6, is designed to assist in closing the achievement gap in classrooms and schools across the U.S. Proven to help improve student test scores, Matific is worth trying out.

Gov. Tom Wolf announced $9.6 million in PAsmart advancing grants to enhance science and technology education in schools statewide. Combined with other PAsmart targeted grants, the administration has awarded nearly $20 million this year to bolster STEM and computer science in schools.

Of the 850,000 students who are ready for college by the end of 11th grade, one-third are from low-income households. A new report makes the case that there should be better pathways for these students to begin college coursework but still remain in high school, if they choose, and possibly save time and tuition money.

Gov. Tony Evers said he would seek to provide "more accountability and transparency" within the state's private school voucher programs but would not include a proposal to phase out taxpayer-funded school vouchers in his first state budget.