There’s been a steady push to encourage students to take more math, and tougher math, in high school. Business leaders, advocacy organizations, and state and local policymakers provided a lot of the ...

The report declares that a truce is necessary in the so-called math wars. Traditionalists emphasize math facts and direct instruction of procedures, while progressives focus on conceptual ...

Students can’t succeed in math if they’re never exposed to it. And many students never get access to advanced—or even some foundational—math in high school. New federal civil rights data and an ...

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I first heard about elite math competitions when I was homeschooling my kids (yes, I homeschooled my children for eight years). I read about the International Math Olympiad and MathCounts, and heard ...

Palo Alto Unified will continue to offer multivariable calculus but not during the regular school day, district administrators stated last week. Courtesy Pixabay/Pexels.com. Palo Alto Unified School ...

Last year, my seventh-grade class created at-scale drawings of cost-efficient cabins for an outdoor education camp. Using three-dimensional figures and proportional reasoning, my students designed and ...

San Gabriel High School teacher Leah Ulloa Ruiz teaches a data science lesson to calculate the likelihood of whether men or women will be victims in horror movies. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ...

Two Belton Independent School District elementary students have earned recognition as National Math Stars! The district says ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Fremont middle and high schools now allow more opportunities for students to take higher-level math courses, increasing the number of students who will take Advanced Placement math before graduating ...

Virginia’s public schools have been in the national spotlight the past few days, with a Fox News headline and resulting social media chatter saying the state is eliminating advanced math classes ...