Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

Schools are less likely to offer Latino and Black students early algebra classes, effectively shutting these students off from advanced courses and higher-paying jobs, according to research released ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

Math isn’t just about numbers. It’s about language, too. Many math tasks involve reading, writing, speaking, and listening. These language demands can be particularly challenging for students whose ...

One of the landmarks of Kyoto, the home of Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara, is the Kamo River. At certain points, there are stepping stones that allow residents to cross the river away from ...

Maryland may combine algebra and geometry courses for older students as part of a broader effort to improve performance in math across the state. A draft of the proposed policy shows that officials ...

Texas students need to understand math in order to advance in the industries thriving in Texas, advocates say. Texas students are falling behind in math, threatening their ability to thrive in ...

Young Alan Turing might have been willing to join his friends in a game of field hockey but probably wasn’t the player to count on for a goal. He tended to get distracted. His mother, Ethel Stoney ...

How do you solve a problem like eighth grade algebra? Not the actual problems covered by the syllabus — the graphing of compound inequalities, say, or the untangling of scatter plots — but the ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...