Baby boomers with bad memories of learning “new math” in elementary school can be forgiven if they get an unpleasant feeling of deja vu when confronted with their children’s arithmetic homework. As ...

Understanding the mathematical definition of the number called “e” means a lot to Alex Nunez, a senior at East Side Community High School in Manhattan. Nunez, 17, is currently taking pre-calculus and ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

In yet another installment of “nothing new under the sun,” the Fordham Institute has put out a survey-analysis assessing the controversial Common Core math standards. As the first of its kind, the ...