For decades, generations of Americans took the same basic high school math track. Algebra. Geometry. Algebra 2. Now, school districts across the country are overhauling their approach, combining ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

A group of middle school girls is puzzling over a pie chart about reading habits in the U.S. Their "math designer" stands at ...

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If many students are struggling with operations like dividing decimals, this schoolwide approach to scheduling can help.

When math expectations are not transparent and aligned across a state’s schools, colleges and universities, students’ paths ...

California students who fail algebra and repeat the course are pretty much doomed to fail again, a vicious cycle that wastes limited resources and precious learning time, according to a report ...

If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math ...