STEM: science, technology, engineering, and of course, mathematics. It’s time for math to take center stage. When most people talk STEM, they’re likely focused on S-T-E. If math is at all mentioned, ...
You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...
Opinion

America’s Math Crisis

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our high-stakes exams—math ...
Math education outcomes in the United States have been unequal for decades. Learners in the top 10% socioeconomically tend to be about four grade levels ahead of learners in the bottom 10%—a statistic ...