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Test scores, school report cards and Facebook posts complaining about homework problems often drive critiques of how math is taught in schools. Amid the debates, it has become increasingly clear that ...

Words matter. And when it comes to learning math, they matter more than you might think. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. This is what Assistant Professor Yemimah King ...

I remember watching my 3-year-old niece, Avi, try to organize her toy cars. She wasn't counting them yet, but she would say, “This one goes near the red one,” and “I want more cars here!” At the time, ...

It has been a busy time for math news recently. In an effort to keep you up to speed on the juiciest math stories, I made this post -- just for you -- about math news from October. Though it's a ...

In his March 2021 Netflix special, comedian Nate Bargatze complains about having to teach his kids a confusing “new math” based on standards known as the Common Core. “The goal of Common Core is to ...