To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...

To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...

With each passing day, the coronavirus pandemic is rerouting some students’ academic trajectories. That’s among the many frightening but realistic consequences of COVID-19. And an early look at ...

To the editor: It might behoove Daniel Willingham to take a peek at current math standards and math textbooks for elementary schools. His many complaints about the teaching of math are practically the ...

To the editor: As a physics professor who uses Algebra 2 (and higher math) every day, I felt compelled to respond to the debate over how much math the University of California system should require ...

Do you love ideas, and care about how big data is transforming science and society? Or how mathematics can help solve social problems? Are you adept at translating data into compelling graphics? The ...

Re: “Latest new math multiplies frustration,” by Abby McCloskey, Sunday Opinion. I read with interest this article about the newly adopted Eureka math curriculum. I am a 30-year veteran Dallas ISD ...

I consider myself a fairly advanced mathematics student, but I must say, a recurring problem in the Beaverton School District's "reform" math is lack of challenge ("X plus why equals division," Jan 12 ...

Roll up roll up roll up folks, and get ready for the Nerd-o-Rama. In today’s edition we bring you Calca, a “text editor for engineers.” Imagine that somebody took Soulver and Markdown and left them ...

After holding onto accepted manuscripts for more than a year, the managing editor of a mathematics journal has announced he will begin a competitor, according to the new issue of Nature. The editor, ...