Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

China's highly selective educational pipeline develops a narrow slice of students to an extremely high level. America has ...

Ever heard of a “mind sports athlete”? Well, it’s a thing—and India’s Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is one of the best at it. In 2020, he won the Mental Calculation World Championship at the Mind Sports ...

A first-generation immigrant who left a career in finance to follow his passion for teaching has written an eye-opening new memoir of his experience navigating what he calls "wokeness" in the U.S.

I'm excited to share a fantastic guest post from the online learning platform Brighterly today. Brighterly has hundreds of expert tutors and is great for helping kids aged 6 to 15 improve their maths ...

Grand View Elementary first-grader Penelope Fowler and parapro Kim Zandbergen count blocks to complete an Illustrative Math challenge Grandville — Leland Smith says he really likes math, but it’s not ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

Terence Tao, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, who is often called the “Mozart of Math,” would rather not talk politics. “I do scientific research,” Tao said. “I vote, I sign a petition, but ...

Higher education stakeholders have noted that math anxiety can hold students back from pursuing some disciplines or major programs, but a new analysis from Gallup finds that young Americans over all ...

The Racial Justice in Early Math project aims to educate teachers and provide resources to help educators combat racial bias in math instruction. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

SURREY, England — Your child is struggling with math homework, frustrated with fractions and geometry problems that feel impossible to solve. The solution might not be more worksheets or tutoring ...

Keep going. If you stack as many blocks as you can, what is the farthest overhang you can achieve before the entire structure topples? Is it possible for the tower to extend a full block length beyond ...