Walter Hunter, who teaches a remedial algebra class at Montgomery County Community College, brought scissors to class last month so his students could cut their textbooks in half. The five-pound ...

Statewide, districts are at various stages of choosing math curriculums. But most face the same dilemma: Which one will best help U.S. schoolchildren, who are typically outperformed in math and ...

Pi is an introduction to the extraordinary mystery of math, say some. Others say pi is not special and needs to be reformed.

The proof that the Apéry constant is irrational remains one of the most bizarre events in the history of mathematics ...

The gap between high- and low-achieving students widened on a national math and science exam, a disparity that educators say is another sign that schools need to do more to lift the performance of ...