The history of math is murky, predating any written records. When did humans first grasp the basic concept of a number? What about size and magnitude, or form and shape? In my math history courses and ...

Four years ago, Marquies Gray Jr. and his younger brother, Mason, were struggling to solve math problems. Their mother, Lavonzell Nicholson, enrolled them in a tutoring program called Make It Count ...

Barbie’s vocational choice is apparently no match for deep-seated notions about girls and math in the United States. The doll’s much-ballyhooed decision last year to choose computer engineering as her ...