The drive to get every student to take so-called college gateway courses has succeeded, a new federal study finds, but students taking Algebra 1 and Geometry classes are getting considerably less ...

The cultural shift to the political right will have foreseeable consequences, but banning of controversial books such as “Huckleberry Finn,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Catcher in the Rye” and “The ...

Hoping to make myself smarter and then write a book about it, I began studying mathematics when I was sixty-five, which was five years ago. As a boy, I had been kicked off the math train at the ...

When students are genuinely curious about new concepts and ideas, they develop their own study skills, says Professor Pekka Pankka. Geometry, Algebra, and Topology are pure mathematics and essential ...

When students prove they're ready for advanced math, schools should enroll them automatically. New NAEP data shows how many ...

The University at Buffalo requires a Math Readiness Assessment (MRA) to determine readiness for students wishing to enroll in first semester calculus courses, MTH 121, MTH 131, and MTH 141. The UB MRA ...

Maryland may combine algebra and geometry courses for older students as part of a broader effort to improve performance in math across the state. A draft of the proposed policy shows that officials ...

Mr. Wilkinson is the author of “A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age.” As a boy in the first weeks of algebra class, I felt confused and then I went sort ...