In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

Tracey Muir has received funding from the Australian Research Council for other projects not related to this article. Julia Hill received funding from the Australian Government Research Training ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shared a viral social media post claiming that Arizona teachers were "glorifying a murder” with Halloween costumes allegedly referencing conservative activist Charlie ...

As many as a quarter say their experiences with maths at school has put them off using maths as an adult, according to data ...

Math anxiety is causing many students to self-sort out of the STEM career pipeline early, closing off career paths that would likely be fulfilling (and lucrative). Credit: Andrea Morales for The ...

Alan Garfinkel, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains the practical uses of modeling to instructors from around the country. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Math professor Martin ...

More than 465 Hechinger Report readers filled out our survey about math education. They raised issues ranging from worry about math anxiety to anger about unequal access to higher-level math courses ...

College Algebra is a major barrier to degree completion, but redesigning math experiences to focus on real-world applications can help students develop the skills they need to succeed in their ...

Sarah Buckley is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne and was on the academic advisory group for maths education app TownSquared. Sarah has ...

An institution has offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can solve a famous math problem that has puzzled mathematicians for more than a century. The Riemann hypothesis, first proposed by German ...

Most kids' TV programming is lame and not educational. "Numberblocks," a British import that streams on Netflix, is a beacon of light. It's made my kid want to talk about math nonstop. Like most ...

“Math is truth,” says Mark Hamill’s aged patriarch, Albie Krantz, in Mike Flanagan’s recent adaptation of Stephen King’s The Life of Chuck. “It’s used in everything. In every job. In every facet of ...