One university boosted gender diversity in advanced math by more than 30% in five years—here's how

As the artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing industries explode, trained STEM professionals are in high demand.

Parents' math-related talk relates to children's early academic skills

Words matter. And when it comes to learning math, they matter more than you might think.

‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...
Education Week

Math Gets Progressively More Abstract. Here’s How to Help Students Keep Up

A modern Red Riding Hood on her way to Grandma’s house can meander through the woods, or drive down the interstate, or even climb a mountain to come around the back way. All those routes will get her ...
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Seattle’s traveling math magician on why problem-solving matters more than ever in the age of AI

Jenny Quinn travels with math in her backpack. She unpacks it piece by piece: bright, 3D-printed shapes that click together into perfect rectangles. As she moves the Fibonacci sequence puzzle around, ...
Washington Examiner

Nebraska students show progress in reading, math

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska students showed improvement this year on statewide reading and math tests, according to new results released Tuesday. More than 74 percent of students were at or above ...
The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Everyone can be a ‘math person,’ but first, we have to make math instruction more inclusive

There is no special “math gene” that naturally makes some people better at math than others. Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...