The Latest Breaking News from Math

The educator went a whole year without realising the meaning behind the nickname chosen for them by their students. But when social media users helped the inquisitive teacher, there wasn't a dry eye in the house

The author points out that math and music have much in common, such as the use of symbols and symmetry. 

The national test considered the gold standard of whether schoolchildren are gaining or slipping has delivered alarming news: Kids are backsliding in both math and reading. Thirteen-year-olds assessed in the fall of 2022 scored about the same in reading as those who took the test in 1971, when it was…

School choice programs mean that students aren't locked into attending a district public school based on home address.

On June 23, 1993, the mathematician Andrew Wiles gave the last of three lectures detailing his solution to Fermat’s last theorem, a problem that had remained unsolved for three and a half centuries. Wiles’ announcement caused a sensation, both within the mathematical community and in the media.

A test known as the ‘nation’s report card’ shows sliding academic performances for US students after the COVID pandemic.

Nearly two years after most children returned to the classroom, educational losses continue to grow.

Newly released data from national test scores in reading and math show a worrisome picture of student learning loss since the pandemic.

The drops in test scores were the largest ever recorded. The math score for 13-year-olds dropped the most in 50 years, to a 1990 level, and reading has gone back to 2004.