For many students, mathematics feels less like a subject and more like a verdict, you’re either “good at it” or you’re not. There’s no escape from maths in school, and for some, every class brings a ...

This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

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

Abstract: A significant area of contemporary mathematics is Discrete Mathematics, which is the field of mathematics that examines the structure of discrete quantities and their interactions. The study ...

State data released this month ranked Pitt County Schools in the top third of districts across North Carolina for grade-level proficiency, district officials told the Board of Education while ...

Use Math Progress to personalize math instruction, engage students, and identify learning gaps. Explore the educator’s guide to Math Progress. Many students face challenges in building confidence with ...

When the digital revolution first hit classrooms in the early 2010s—and more schools began issuing laptops or tablets to students for individual use—online learning seemed to promise a faster, easier ...

Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the math behind it and follows it to places you wouldn’t expect. Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, ...