Imagine a world with no math. What a wacky place it would be. But that is exactly what a team who work at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” pondered in a volunteer project for a new Save the Children ...

Andrew Hacker has a bombshell opinion piece in last Sunday’s NY Times, arguing that teaching algebra to all students is a wasted effort. Students are routinely told that math is a gateway subject—you ...

Upcoming variety show No Math School Trip has dropped vibrant new pictures that are bound to leave viewers in awe. The latest posters depict the star-studded cast of the upcoming program, which ...

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

Students at PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens, have gotten no math or reading and writing books for the rigorous Common Core curriculum, whistleblowers say. The 234 kids get no gym or art classes.

Wayne State University has suspended its requirement that all students take a mathematics course, striking at the heart of a debate over whether math should be a mandatory part of general education.

In a 2009 NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 8 in 10 Americans said they were concerned about the federal deficit and growing national debt. But a separate poll that same year asked, "How many millions are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the philosophy and ethics of science and technology. It’s a prejudice that could seriously harm young girls, yet it ...