To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...

To the editor: The piece by Jo Boaler and Steven D. Levitt reveals a blinkered view of what mathematics is and how it gets used in real-life problems such as data analysis. Data analysis and ...

Some math experts are worried the computer-based testing platforms that PARCC and Smarter Balanced plan to use for common-core tests this spring will make it tough for students to show what they know, ...

I consider myself a fairly advanced mathematics student, but I must say, a recurring problem in the Beaverton School District's "reform" math is lack of challenge ("X plus why equals division," Jan 12 ...

Two universally acknowledged truths resonate with the reasonable: 1. As my information changes, so do my views. 2. Math is not an opinion. Consider these easily verifiable facts: In the past four ...

With each passing day, the coronavirus pandemic is rerouting some students’ academic trajectories. That’s among the many frightening but realistic consequences of COVID-19. And an early look at ...

After holding onto accepted manuscripts for more than a year, the managing editor of a mathematics journal has announced he will begin a competitor, according to the new issue of Nature. The editor, ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...