In revamping its approach to math, Illinois joins a growing group of states that are passing legislation, unveiling new requirements, or issuing revised guidance designed to counteract yearslong ...

PHOENIX — Some educators worry that the way math is taught in Arizona’s public schools may be contributing to students’ poor performances on state science tests. An analysis of science test scores ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

One of Minnesota’s top-performing schools, Math and Science Academy in Woodbury, currently serves 720 students and plans to double that number by 2026. Math and Science Academy, at 8430 Woodbury ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

KidWorks USA, at 8155 W. 28th Avenue, offers classroom programs from pre‑kindergarten through 7th grade and plans to add 8th grade next year. And now, the school is introducing AI to students in an ...

American fourth and eighth graders are struggling with math after COVID-19 prompted school closures across the country, per a new report. "I would call these declines sharp, steep," a commissioner at ...

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside ...

Image made with elements from Canva. It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our ...

Nothing sinks a golfer’s spirits like their ball zinging back out of the hole. Now, physics and mathematics explain how it happens. The anguish of a “lip out” occurs when a golfer putts a ball, and ...