Provide opportunities for students to engage in data and statistical reasoning using authentic datasets. Use real-life civic and social contexts, such as housing costs, pollution, and school funding, ...

Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

I got an A in algebra II, I think. That was long ago. I do know that I have long since forgotten whatever I learned in that course and have never used it since. Later, he explains what mathematics is ...

It can be easy to think that you need math only to do your algebra or geometry homework or if you have a job as an engineer. But, in fact, math pops up everywhere – even in the soap bubbles in your ...

In the midst of a rather interesting discussion of the notion of Aristotle's Unmoved Mover, Leah Libresco went on a mild digression about the philosophy of mathematics that I couldn't let go of, and ...

In the past 20 years, parents have taken to heart public-awareness campaigns urging them to read to their children every night. But math initiatives have not gained as much traction—even as emerging ...

Andrew Hacker, a political science professor at Queens College, says all students don't need to learn calculus, geometry and trigonometry. He's pushing for the adoption of "numeracy" -- which would ...

It all started with an innocuous TikTok video posted by a high school student named Gracie Cunningham. Applying make-up while speaking into the camera, the teenager questioned whether math is “real.” ...