Some of the supporters of the phonics curriculum California adopted last year are now urging statewide math screening for young students.

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Journal Editorial Report: Billionaires flee as Newson vows to fight the proposed ballot measure. Photo: Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated Press California is flirting with a new and destructive tax. A ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

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Many partners assume that if they love each other enough, cooperation will simply happen in its own time. But research, in recent years, has introduced an important clarification: Good relationships ...

If math was never your strongest subject, take a number. But veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered math is hidden in an ancient game. In 20 years as a 4th grade teacher, she observed that math ...

Cédric Villani is one of France's top mathematicians, working across several fields of the discipline. He's won a number of titles and awards for his work. A professor at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ...

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...