If we are to save higher education in the U.S., we will need a radical reboot. We need a national education compact to change admissions and grading in our schools.

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was ...

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Georgetown University psychologist Shadab Tabatabaeian, the paper’s lead author, imagines a “cool application” of their ...

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

Sacramento students are underperforming in English language arts and mathematics assessments compared to their peers across the state, according to new data released by the California Department of ...

It began as a strange discovery buried in chaos theory — a mathematical pattern that seemed to predict real events before they happened. From climate shifts to stock market crashes, scientists now ...

Math, reading and science proficiency among teenagers has decreased in dozens of countries, according to a new report the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development released Tuesday. One in ...

Sofia Cruz smiles while her classmates work on a project during a Lego-focused science lesson at de Zavala Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Irving. Ronaldo Bolaños / AP IRVING — Crowded ...