Four in 10 U.S. adults wish they learned more math skills in middle or high school, according to a new Gallup poll. An overwhelming majority, 95%, said the subject is very or somewhat important for ...

Cassidy has asked 35 institutions about incoming students' math abilities, citing a "crisis" in K-12 math education.

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...

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On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...

BOSTON – Like a lot of high school students, Kevin Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. “They’re all insanely smart. In their regular jobs they’re ...

Florida public school students lost the equivalent of nearly six months’ worth of math skills because of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say, a deficit that four years later still plays out in ...

Imagine a classroom where students stare blankly at a writing prompt or fumble with math problems that should take seconds.

Before the pandemic, about 1,800 first-year students placed into Math 100 at the University of Arizona, the most baseline math class the university offers. This past year, almost 2,800 students, ...

Higher education stakeholders have noted that math anxiety can hold students back from pursuing some disciplines or major programs, but a new analysis from Gallup finds that young Americans over all ...

A sigh of relief is a common reaction when parents find a program to help their children succeed in math. That response is something Anna Toneva experiences often when she gives tours of the Houston ...