We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

Meta's work made headlines and raised a possibility once considered pure fantasy: that AI could soon outperform the world's best mathematicians by cracking math's marquee "unsolvable" problems en ...

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Contextualizing math is the path forward for math instruction across the country--making it relevant help students grasp ...

Get ready for a math problem that will blow your mind as the solution unfolds step by step. This video challenges intuition, ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

Mom-of-four Amanda was looking through her daughter’s math homework when she came across the problem that had her baffled.

When math expectations are not transparent and aligned across a state’s schools, colleges and universities, students’ paths ...