Paul Kihn, deputy mayor of education for the District, speaks at a press conference alongside DCPS Chancellor Lewis Ferebee.(WTOP/Scott Gelman) D.C. fourth graders made major strides in math on the ...

An experimental computer made by a Canadian company has proved its ability to solve increasingly complex mathematical problems. But the question remains — just how much of this calculating power is ...

Every two years, hundreds of thousands of American fourth and eighth grade students take a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test evaluates students’ reading and math ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

“Topology is the study of whether there are holes in a space,” says mathematician Dennis Sullivan of the City University of New York Graduate Center. He just won one of the most prestigious awards in ...

The Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Mathematics Education at the University of Wyoming offers advanced coursework for educational professionals interested in ...

I’ve never managed to master much beyond the nuts and bolts of math. I was an honor student who could ace almost every subject, but ninth-grade geometry tripped me up. I slipped through with a C, but ...