Think women can’t do math? You’re wrong – but new research shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary. A study of how both men and women perceive each other’s ...

Despite all the talk about encouraging girls in math and science, many teachers still harbor unconscious biases that dissuade girls from going into these fields, a new study suggests. Israeli ...

Young children are more inclined to believe incorrect math information from men than accurate information from women, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick study published in the journal ...

Supporters of a new expert panel on mathematics are confident it will help identify national strategies for improving student learning in that subject—even as critics ask whether its members have the ...

NEW YORK — The economist Larry Summers famously suggested once that so few women become scientists and engineers because of discrimination, preference, and even differences in innate ability. In a ...

The study suggests that children actively use gender stereotypes to guide how they learn. Young children trust math advice from men, even when it is wrong. A new study from Rutgers University–New ...

Naval Academy Math Professor Carolyn Chun is alleging gender bias in the school's tenure selection process. Out of the 11 men and four women who applied for tenure in 2021, 10 men were successful.

The Florida Department of Education (DOE) on Thursday posted four pages of examples from math textbooks that have been banned from classrooms citing “prohibited topics” such as “references to Critical ...

SAN ANTONIO — In a state that has passed anti-diversity laws and tried to squelch instruction on systemic racism, a new law could open doors for Latino and Black children long shut out of advanced ...