EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities (Rebroadcast) For folks in the literacy world, the bitter fight over California’s math framework sounded ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

So how to best describe Americans’ relationship with math? The answer is, well, a lot like multivariable calculus: It’s complicated. A national Gallup study reveals that more than 90% of American ...

Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills are still sharp.

Today’s teaching methods prioritize creative problem-solving over traditional formulas and equations, but these changes may be critical for the next generation. A group of children work together on a ...

Question: What fraction represents the odds of flipping a coin four times in a row and each time it landing on heads? Answer: 1/16. Question: Binary number systems, often found in computer programming ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...