More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

Schools are starting to switch from learning math through memorization to learning it by problem-solving, focusing on understanding concepts. Ashwaubenon added class time to math and ELA in middle ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

American students are struggling with math, but what’s really to blame? Some blame the pandemic. Others point to overreliance ...

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Jordan from New Jersey told Newsweek he was checking his daughter's homework when he saw something that made him laugh.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Hundreds of high school students from across the southeast will connect at the College of ...

GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (KREX)- Middle school students from across the Grand Valley put their math skills to the test Saturday during a local MATHCOUNTS chapter competition at Juniper Ridge Community ...

Xenia — A local student is saying she is not learning math at school and she’s worried it could impact her college outlooks. “She broke down crying in the kitchen. Just broke down crying, and I don’t ...

Students in Years 1 and 2, the equivalent of kindergarten and first grade in the U.S., prepare for a math lesson at St. Clair School in Dunedin, New Zealand. Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger ...