For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world, we’re forever crunching calculations in pursuit of deeper ...

NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, today released a new research report examining Algebra readiness and enrollment patterns, as well as how student outcomes differ between those who ...

A well known University of California-Berkeley mathematics professor has slammed admissions standards at the top-flight ...

If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math ...

New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson struggled with maths at school, finding inspiration in literature instead. But aged 65, in the hope of unlocking a new part of his brain, he decided to put the limits ...

‏Jami Jorgensen is the human jukebox of quadratic equations. “Anything that’s an algorithm, I have a song for it,” said the energetic middle-school math teacher in Hayward Unified, in the east Bay ...

Mr. Wilkinson is the author of “A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age.” As a boy in the first weeks of algebra class, I felt confused and then I went sort ...

It's entirely possible to get a job and work your entire life without using the algebra lessons you learned in high school. However, as society continues to leverage technology and our reliance on ...

One California family had a tough choice to make. Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t comprehended some of the core concepts. That left the family to decide whether to make ...

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...