Math skills predict adult earnings more strongly than reading skills, health or other factors.

Honor mathletes and science fair winners or plan to import a lot of high-tech immigrants.

California community colleges will require unprepared STEM majors to be placed in calculus.

Taking AP Calculus is almost obligatory for students applying for top colleges, even if they aren't interested in math or science majors.

Mixing high-achieving, average and low-achieving students in the same class was a noble experiment, writes Ryan Normandin, a high school...

U.S. students are doing much worse in math, while some other countries are improving.

Direct instruction helps more students learn more math compared to student-led methods.

Third-graders at Adrian Elementary School, in the poorest county in Oregon, have the highest reading proficiency scores in the state,...

As a math teacher in the early 2000s, Adrian Mims saw few Black and Hispanic students succeeding in Brooklin (MA) High School's honors...

Memorizing times tables has returned to Virginia's Standards of Learning, after a six-year exile, writes Todd Truitt. But he fears...

Harvard has added an introductory math course for students who are weak on basic algebra.

Students need to believe they can be "math people," writes Lance Barasch, who teaches algebra at the School of Science and Engineering...

I  remember when "the new math" was new. It was supposed to teach kids to understand math, not just go through the motions. I'd just...

Learning is motivating , writes math teacher Dylan Kane on Five Twelve Thirteen. Many schools are modifying the curriculum to cater to...

K-8 students will "manipulate shapes, animals and algebraic formulas to build foundational understanding of math" on a new math platform...

New research shows timed math tests don't worsen math anxiety.

Grade inflation soared when learning went remote, writes Amber Northern. Lax requirements to turn in work, fewer graded assignments, and...

New York City high schools are adopting the same algebra curriculum in hopes of closing "stark racial disparities" in math achievement,...

Jamal and Maria don't have any apples. Aidan has three Fujis from the supermarket and Olivia has five Honeycrisps from Trader Joe's....

American kids have too much self-esteem, argues Bill Maher.