At the beginning of a recent math class, students spent six minutes discussing a topic they knew well: themselves. What’s ...

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...

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Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education.

Some leaders reduce our math crisis to two words: test scores. For decades, hopes of progress were dashed by flat to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

I met with Ilana Walder-Biesanz, the leader of National Math Stars, to discuss her innovative program that's changing the landscape of advanced mathematics education for exceptionally gifted children.

It’s the same math that explains how, under the right conditions, the atmosphere above a barren plain can produce a roiling tornado. Merle has had enormous success taming these blowups in the ...

The recommendation in California’s proposed new framework for mathematics to develop new pathways for 11th- and 12th-grade students could result in reducing college and career options in STEM fields ...

What mathematical knowledge do elementary teachers use in teaching? About 10 years ago, Deborah Ball and her colleagues at Michigan State University carried out a research project to address this ...