The University of California San Diego has reported a staggering 30-fold increase in the number of students unable to do ...

One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below high-school levels in math, according to a university report. One in 12 do ...

Math proficiency scandal shows need for standardized tests and folly of dumbing school down” (Nov. 30): Common Core Math was ...

Infinity Squared Mathematics, a non-profit founded by high school seniors, promotes problem-solving skills and bridges the ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...

For centuries, mathematicians have categorized infinities into a kind of ladder. The infinite set of natural numbers (1, 2, 3 ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

In Illinois, officials at the State Board of Education hope to close the gap through the development of a statewide, ...

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 ...