“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

We often ask leaders what skills they see as critical for the future. That question is especially relevant for Bijal Shah, CEO of Guild, which helps companies provide education benefits to their ...

With AI’s ability to solve complex math problems in a matter of seconds, it may feel to teachers like the technology is rapidly changing—or will soon—how math is taught. When free and widely available ...

Number theorist Andrew Granville on what mathematics really is — and why objectivity is never quite within reach. In 2012, the mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki claimed he had solved the abc conjecture ...

Math anxiety is causing many students to self-sort out of the STEM career pipeline early, closing off career paths that would likely be fulfilling (and lucrative). Credit: Andrea Morales for The ...