Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines that include recommending teachers stop quizzing students on their speed in solving problems -- because it stresses them out. The ...

North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what ...

DPI says not requiring Math 3 will give high school students more of a say in picking the math courses that interest them.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

North Carolina is overhauling its math standards, with major changes potentially coming to the courses students take in high school. The state Department of Public Instruction presented Thursday the ...

Meet Bille, the name given to the world's first monostable tetrahedron—a four-faced object that will always land on the same side, no matter its starting position. This feat of geometry and ...

The developer of a new math curriculum in New York City schools said in an interview that teachers are in the midst of a “learning process” with the materials that will improve after a bumpy roll-out ...

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Students in Years 1 and 2, the equivalent of kindergarten and first grade in the U.S., prepare for a math lesson at St. Clair School in Dunedin, New Zealand. Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

DPI released draft K-12 math standards proposed to replace required Math 3. Students would keep Math 1 and Math 2, then choose two career-aligned courses. Draft adds Applied Statistics and Data ...