We've been studying them for millennia, so how far have we come?

During his remarks for a dinner event last month at the American Cornerstone Institute, Donald Trump displayed his incompetence by failing to understand how percentages work, claiming that he will ...

California students face a math emergency, as newly released NAEP results show math achievement sliding to historic lows.

Are you tired of "AI summaries" that miss the point?You've seen them: tools that "summarize" a 2-hour lecture by giving you a ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

If you’ve spent any time planning for retirement, you probably know the basics of Social Security: most people can start claiming benefits at age 62, reach “full retirement age” (FRA) between 66 and ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

Presidency University's Department of Mathematics hosted Symmetry '25, drawing nearly 260 participants for a day of lectures, contests, and cultural exchange. The festival featured talks by Professor ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress—also known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—is now out. It shows 12th-graders’ performance slipping to a record low. According to the report, ...

As many as 45% of U.S. high school seniors lack basic math skills, while more than 30% lack basic reading skills—the lowest rates in more than three decades—according to test results released by the U ...

The Education Department has released a new Nation's Report Card. High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer discovered something remarkable while studying the Harlem Children's Zone. They had eliminated the racial achievement gap in math and cut it by a third in reading. But ...