Schools are often described as engines of opportunity — places where students gain the skills and knowledge needed to build their futures. But for too many young people, that engine stalls before it ...

The mathematical barrier between algebra and geometry is about to be torn down in Howard County’s schools. In a new program being tested at three county high schools, the traditionally separate, ...

The very word can twist the stomachs of otherwise well-adjusted adults, dredging up memories of nonsensical X's and Y's and a lifelong loathing of math. For many, the math course was the educational ...

Unless students intend to major in science, technology, engineering or math, I question whether algebra serves any practical purpose. Apparently, that’s what the chancellor of the California Community ...