A new Texas law aims to get more students into advanced math classes in middle school. Researchers and advocates say the move will increase access to these advanced courses, which studies show improve ...

A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. While the ...

>> Narrator: On this episode of "Classroom Close-up, New Jersey," different ways to think about math. This week will focus on innovative teaching methods for a subject that may not come easy to ...

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, “because that is what they will remember.” It’s a sentence that has made me ...

Johnson was one of five teachers in Oregon who received the most recent award, which was given to educators nominated in 2021, 2022 or 2023. It includes a certificate signed by former President Biden, ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Will I ever need math besides for school or work ...

Do you remember the days when 5+5=10? For parents who grew up in the '80s and '90s, it was that simple. But now, as many of us help our kids with their homework using the new Common Core math ...

4,329 students. 487 institutions. 12 problems. 6 hours. A median score of 0 to 2 points out of 120. Those are the numbers behind the most prestigious undergraduate mathematics exam in North ...

In recent years, research on the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields has proliferated. (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.) STEM jobs tend to be higher-paying ...

In a sport where gold and silver can be separated by a fraction of a second, many of the world’s top swimmers now scour data for even the smallest edge. Kate Douglass of the United States often wears ...