Hillary Frank gets the best fan mail. “Your book was absolutely amazing!” wrote one teenage admirer in 2003. “Every time I read a book I mark pages I want to go back and write down in my journal. That ...

Few disciplines are as polarizing as math. Everyone seems to have an opinion about it, and those opinions usually veer toward love or hate. A new book argues that part of the problem is how we learn ...

Critics sounded off on a math textbook in Collier County, Florida, approved by the school board that appeared to include emotionally based questions that appeared to have nothing to do with numbers or ...

Mathematics is contained in every part of our world. A droplet of water is a perfect sphere. Anything considered perfect in the language of mathematics, usually implies it has high degree of symmetry.

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...

Both the dreams of young people and the reality of jobs have changed dramatically over the last 30 years, moving math success from optional to a necessity. But the way we educate children hasn’t ...

Hancy Maxis says that math skills helped him find work after being released from prison. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new study published in Nature by a team of researchers including Nobel laureates ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BIDDEFORD — Thirty-four students from Biddeford Middle School showcased ...