Mathematician Moon Duchin answers the internet's burning questions about mathematics. What actually is an algorithm? Is it possible to explain Pi (π) in words? Is geometric group theory just Anabelian ...

Should all students take Algebra 2? Florida seemed to say “no” this spring with the passage of a law striking it from graduation requirements. Texas said much the same in legislation Republican Gov.

Early math is fraught with confusing questions: Do kids really need to know all those multiplication tables? Which should come first, math concepts or procedures? Why don’t schools pay as much ...