The bat-and-ball problem is a famous math puzzle that more than half of people—even Harvard graduates—get wrong. It's incredibly simple.

A bill moving through the California Legislature would assess students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an ...

Four giraffes at a Spanish zoo just did something scientists had never tested in the species before: they added numbers ...

A new study reveals that human mathematicians have surpassed AI in solving unpublished high-level math problems, challenging the effectiveness of AI's problem-solving capabilities. Find out why AI ...

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

Proven instruction should not be dismissed as old-fashioned. California must return to math teaching that builds strong ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

Supporters see tests such as the SAT as objective measures of academic preparation, allowing comparison among students no matter how varied their actual schooling. Tests can help identify the ...

A version of this essay appeared on Matthew Yglesias’ Slow Boring, a site dedicated to offering pragmatic takes on politics ...

Many basic life skills seem harder for children to master now compared to the past. Some teachers think this is because of an ...

A Brief Overview Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability that affects a person’s ability to understand numbers and learn math concepts. Like dyslexia, which impacts reading skills, dyscalculia ...

When Jason bent down to help his daughter search for a missing library book, he expected to find old toys, forgotten socks, ...