National Mathematics Day honors Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught genius born in 1887. His groundbreaking work on series and partitions, despite lacking formal proofs, captivated mathematicians like ...

A report about declining math preparation at UC San Diego has been generating hysterical headlines in national news outlets. The steep drops in math performance of incoming students, highlighted in a ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

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Prince William County Public Schools approved a new accelerated math policy in September, giving fifth- through eighth-graders new opportunities to participate in advanced math. The move comes after ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. American students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and ...

The Education Department has released a new Nation's Report Card. High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report ...

I met with Ilana Walder-Biesanz, the leader of National Math Stars, to discuss her innovative program that's changing the landscape of advanced mathematics education for exceptionally gifted children.