The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Mathematics started with numbers—clear, concrete, intuitive. Over the last two centuries, however, it has become a far more abstract ...

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When: Conestoga Valley school board meeting, Oct. 21. Board member Mark Gensel was absent. What happened: The board approved a K-12 modern math curriculum that emphasizes problem-solving and ...

Core ideas of calculus remain vital for STEM fields, but other mathematical areas have grown in importance. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com The mathematics education system in the U.S. is overdue ...

When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to abruptly switch to distance learning, many parents found themselves taking on a teaching role—including helping their children with math, a subject many ...

The Oregon Department of Education is promoting and encouraging its educators to register for a course that likens modern math instruction to the “toxic characteristics of white supremacy culture.” A ...

After writing a groundbreaking math textbook, Maria Agnesi quit math for good Evelyn Lamb The witch of Agnesi, you may be disappointed to know, is a curve that math students generally learn about in ...