Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, ...

A university report found a sharp rise in first-year students lacking high school math proficiency. At UCSD, where more than ...

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The case of mistaken identity with math isn’t between arithmetic and mathematics, it’s between math educators and professionals who actually use mathematics in the world outside of the K-12 classroom.

Barry Garelick, a veteran educator and author, is one of the nation’s savviest observers of math education. Earlier this year, I wrote about his most recent book, Out on Good Behavior, and regular ...

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

This column was written by Catherine Seipp. The only reason I passed algebra is because my mother literally sat with me every night in seventh grade as I wailed and wept over my cruel algebra homework ...

THERE are prodigies — children who have an inexplicable, innate ability to perform virtuoso mental, artistic or physical feats — but for the vast majority of human beings, acquiring skills is a more ...

TORONTO — The Ontario government released the province's new elementary math curriculum to better prepare students for work in a rapidly changing world, strengthen math competence and improve grades.