NYC Solves has faced criticism from educators for assuming kids have mastered skills, leaving some lost and frustrated.

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

December 29, 2025 - Betty Reid Soskin was the nation’s oldest national park ranger. She passed away on Dec. 21 at 104 years old. To honor her, we bring you an episode from 2021, about how a California ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

HURRICANE, Washington County — Americans have a complicated relationship with math. Studies reveal that a vast majority of adults living in the United States believe math skills are essential — but ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

The International Math Olympiad (IMO) is a challenging math competition that has been held annually since 1959. AI models from Google DeepMind and OpenAI received gold medal scores in IMO for the ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...

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UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...