They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

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Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: ...

A new analysis shows that students using ST Math at Phillips 66-funded schools are achieving more than twice the annual growth in math performance compared to their peers. A recent analysis by MIND ...

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new analysis shows that students using ST Math at Phillips 66-funded schools are achieving more than twice the annual growth in math performance ...

The Racial Justice in Early Math project aims to educate teachers and provide resources to help educators combat racial bias in math instruction. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri student test scores stayed flat in English and increased slightly in math on annual exams taken in the spring. Education reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only ...

All mainstream credit card numbers obey a mathematical trick designed to catch the most common typos. It’s called the Luhn algorithm, named after IBM researcher Hans Peter Luhn, who patented it in ...