Cassidy has asked 35 institutions about incoming students' math abilities, citing a "crisis" in K-12 math education.

Imagine a classroom where students stare blankly at a writing prompt or fumble with math problems that should take seconds.

It’s time to “get back to basics” in math, Gov. Hochul says as she calls for sensible curricular and instruction changes. She ...

A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

A Mathematician with early access to XAI Grok 4.20, found a new Bellman function for one of the problems he had been working ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

The problem with the “basic math” behind delaying Social Security is that it often overlooks longevity risk. While it’s true that waiting longer increases your benefit, your total lifetime payout ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for a DIY project, or just having a math-related brain teaser thrown your ...