Understanding the mathematical definition of the number called “e” means a lot to Alex Nunez, a senior at East Side Community High School in Manhattan. Nunez, 17, is currently taking pre-calculus and ...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what students learn in the classroom to the real world. The state Department of Public ...

How much longer will we keep trying to solve our nation’s dismal math proficiency problem by writing new math problems? Clearly, if that was the answer, it would have worked by now–but it hasn’t, as ...