America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

WASHINGTON — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the covid-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 ...

The White House’s new tariffs announced Wednesday were pegged to amounts it said other countries impose on the U.S. In many cases, those amounts appear to match a basic formula: the size of a ...

Higher education stakeholders have noted that math anxiety can hold students back from pursuing some disciplines or major programs, but a new analysis from Gallup finds that young Americans over all ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. After earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics then working in ...

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

Louisiana’s younger students made modest gains on state tests this spring while high schoolers saw a slight overall decline, according to LEAP test scores released Thursday. This year’s results are a ...