Her students can, for the most part, understand the concepts she’s trying to teach. They can memorize and use the Pythagorean ...

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our ...

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

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

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...

This story was produced in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit news organization that partners with local newsrooms to deliver expert coverage of higher education. Alyssa Pfeifer always ...

Across the U.S., more students are graduating high school than ever, yet many lack the math skills needed for college, careers, or technical training. This gap is compounded by changing expectations ...