Algebra 2 is the gatekeeper to college, writes Pamela Burdman, of Just Equations on EdSource Today. Many students never make it past. “A...

Girls who are high achievers in math, and confident about their ability, are less likely to major in math, engineering and science than...

In gender-equal Norway and Finland, 20 percent of college graduates in science, engineering and math are women, compared to 41 percent in...

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Student can take “financial Algebra 2” instead of the regular course in Noblesville, Indiana, reports Shaina Cavazos on Chalkbeat. The...

Ohio students will be able to take advanced computer science instead of Algebra II under a new law, reports Leo Versel in Education Week....

“Extending the reach of excellent teachers,” the goal of Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative, improves math achievement,...

Math, chemistry and physics teachers are in short supply. A new MIT-based program is trying to turn scientists, engineers and programmers...

Pushed to offer more college-prep classes, California high schools have cut auto shop and other vocational classes, reports Carolyn Jones...

Stop teaching calculus to high school students unless they’ve mastered foundational concepts and are ready to pass a college-level class,...

Is this too broad? Or right on target? #math #teaching

A free online class on integrating social justice into high school math has been revised to focus on “social issues,” reports Toni...

Integrating art into science and math teaching — turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into STEAM — is...

I’m not much of a fan of peer tutoring, so-called discovery learning, and the like.  My belief has always been that my school district...

Is algebra itself racist because American minorities struggle to learn it?  Probably not, for a number of reasons: For many decades,...

Yesterday I posted about a proposal to eliminate algebra in community colleges and universities, except for STEM majors.  Here is an...

As a math teacher I’m often presented with what, if you think about it, is blatant rudeness: Other:  What do you do? Me:  I’m a math...

Remedial math is the Bermuda triangle of community colleges. Many enter. Few go on to pass a college-level math class. City University of...

North Carolina’s public schools are failing to place low-income achievers in challenging classes, reports the Charlotte Observer, which...

Teaching Social Justice Through Secondary Mathematics, an  EdX course designed by Teach for America, doesn’t just give middle-school...