Over a decade ago, I learned about a pioneering course at Cabrillo College in California. In it, students collected survey data in their neighborhoods on issues such as youth gangs or discrimination ...

The disruptions to children’s schooling over the past two years have caused millions of American parents to come to an unexpected revelation: They are not as good at math as they had hoped. Nothing ...

There has been a lot of hand-wringing over the past few decades about STEM education and the need to ensure that students leave school with solid math ability. A good understanding of math is a ...

It’s not as hard as you think to find math in unexpected places—real-world math surrounds and influences us each day “One of the challenges of teaching math, particularly in the United States, is that ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about Is Math Real? by Eugenia Cheng. There’s lots of ways to participate: Read the book, join our community space, attend an event, sign up for our email ...

A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

Almost three-quarters of high school students think that they can be good at math if they work hard, but fewer say they follow through with that effort when the work gets challenging, according to a ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

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Math teachers wielding lollipops and PlayDoh props, configuring 60,000 pennies in a parking lot and channeling Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' are among the "Math Heroes" that Raytheon rewards with grants ...