It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

In James Bell’s math class at Chapman High School, sophomores are trying to pinpoint exactly where two lines cross. The ...

Sitting in a high school math class, utterly befuddled by the concept of graphing a useless polynomial, the students begin to riot, challenging the teacher with the seemingly unanswerable question, ...

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among ...

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, ...

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

Howard University is launching an algebra course for college credit at high schools in historically underserved communities created in partnership with Khan Academy, according to an announcement today ...