School districts are rolling out myriad strategies to support secondary students in math as they attempt to move from core ...

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dani Di Placido covers film, television, and internet culture. You might have seen the term “Boy Math” thrown around the internet ...

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. This is the kind of math riddle you can work out with times tables, or by simple logic. First, get as close to 1,000 as you can (888). From there, it’s easy to ...

The sooner kids stop counting on their fingers, the better they are at math later in life. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine found that when kids begin processing mental math, the ...

Last month, "girl math" went viral as women joked about justifying indulgent spending. Now, "boy math" has made its debut as a way to criticize embarrassing or gross male behavior. Boy math has gone ...

When Apple released iOS 18 in 2024, that update upgraded Messages to let it perform calculations. Before iOS 18, if you ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Will I ever need math besides for school or work ...

Sampled students in the eighth grade across the country are tested for math and reading proficiency on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which the U.S. Department of Education bills as ...