One thing both sides of the math-wars debate should agree on is this: Educators can set high standards, but the higher standards only help students if the students have a base of knowledge from which ...

The new state policy of requiring algebra in the eighth grade will set up unprepared students for failure while holding back others with solid math skills, a new report has concluded. These ...

For some inexplicable reason, my classroom is located in the middle of the math wing. I’ve never personally loved math and offer the utmost respect to these colleagues who comprise about one tenth of ...

AP English teacher Mark Hernandez speaks to students at Gunn High School in Palo Alto on March 16, 2022. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A judge has ruled that the Palo Alto Unified School District’s method ...

Seventh graders at Willie Brown College Prep Academy in San Francisco are learning algebra over the summer. Computer games make the introduction easier. "I firmly believe these kids will learn ...

OLYMPIA — A state Senate committee passed legislation Monday to eliminate a requirement that threatens to keep hundreds of high school seniors from obtaining diplomas. Those students did not take the ...

Any of us who have ever been in a math classroom know that too many kids lack fundamental arithmetic skills. It is extraordinarily difficult to teach students more advanced skills when their ability ...

Almost everything seems polarizing nowadays, but math education stands out as one of those rare nonpolitical topics on which everyone seems to have a strong opinion. Those of us who went to school in ...

Mathematician Manil Suri discusses why math is essential to preserving civil society. Mathematician Manil Suri discusses why math is essential to preserving civil society. The Open Mind is available ...