January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that ...
ST. JOHN'S — Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William ...
Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...
(THE REPORTER) — Now that everyone has mini-supercomputers that pretend to be phones in their pockets, it can be challenging to get young people to learn problem-solving skills that do not involve ...
A new law signed by President Donald Trump is set to change how the Internal Revenue Service communicates with taxpayers when it believes they have made math or clerical errors on their returns. The ...
After 27 years, the Berkeley Math Circle's flagship BMC-Upper program has shut down because the University of California, Berkeley implemented new background check rules requiring campus visitors to ...
At Izetta Sparks Elementary, mornings are for math. "Mrs. Newcomb went to the candy store and bought 43 bags of sour gummy worms..." said Alyssa Newcomb while standing at the smart board, introducing ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As national reports show math scores for elementary and middle school students slipping faster than the U.S. average, one local campus is working to spark renewed interest, and ...
LOS ANGELES — As the dust settled on the Rams’ evaluation of their field goal unit after two more misses in Sunday’s victory over the New Orleans Saints, the team is poised to make at least one big ...
Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. One month into the school year, my math classroom is buzzing with familiar rhythms: assessments, routines ...
The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...
In Brookline, at the corner of Beacon and Washington Street, shiny SUVs pull up to a nondescript yellow building. Kids hurry out of the cars, and teachers usher them through the building’s glass doors ...