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Provincial governments can improve math outcomes, but reforms must be guided by evidence and by leaders willing to change course. Too often, governments ask the people who created the problem to fix ...

Ohio's Senate Bill 19 would prohibit teachers from leading math instruction until they meet a minimum standard.

An analysis of data from 200,000 students using a computer-assisted math program supports an optimistic view of skill-focused ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

American college students can’t solve basic math problems or write grammatical sentences, forcing some students to enroll in college classes that teach elementary-school concepts, according to a study ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

When it was released in September, the latest national assessment showed some upsetting, although not surprising, trends. Considered a good window into how K-12 students in the U.S. are faring, the ...

In Brookline, at the corner of Beacon and Washington Street, shiny SUVs pull up to a nondescript yellow building. Kids hurry out of the cars, and teachers usher them through the building’s glass doors ...

Would folks like to design a skateboard, bang a drum, pretend to be a weather forecaster or virtually explore Mars? Or would they rather study up on geometric properties, fractions, statistics, ...

There are so many benefits to participating in research early in your academic career, whether your plan is going to graduate school or going into industry---or even if you don't have a plan at all ...