Mental math's shortcut—pupil dilation suggests people start solving before all numbers are in

People often solve simple arithmetic problems, such as basic addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, in their ...

Oklahoma bills could extend school year, shift testing dates

Oklahoma schools could see increased days in session, state tests in the final weeks of the academic year and fewer adjunct teachers providing core curriculum instruction after several bills inched ...
Argus Leader

After fights over social studies standards, activists come for math

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...
Talking Points Memo

Conservative Education Activists Have a New Target: Math Class

This story was first published by Hechinger Report. It also appeared in Chalkbeat and South Dakota Searchlight. Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota ...
The Daily Signal

Thanks to the Woke Math Movement, Some Freshmen at UCSD Can’t Do Grade-Level Math

A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college ...
americustimesrecorder

Test scores continue to rise with abandonment of Common Core math

Georgia students continued to show strong increases in mathematics on the Georgia Milestones assessments in 2024-2025. The second consecutive year of mathematics increases follows the implementation ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Unveils New A.I. That Can ‘Reason’ Through Math and Science Problems

The artificial intelligence start-up said the new system, OpenAI o3, outperformed leading A.I. technologies on tests that rate skills in math, science, coding and logic. By Cade Metz Reporting from ...
EdSurge

Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, ...
KQED

UC Reconsiders Requirements for Data Science Students Amid Ongoing High School Math Debate

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

State reading and math scores increased across New York City. But, disparities still persist.

New York state standardized math and English test scores for third-through-eighth graders in West Harlem’s District 5 were lower for Black, Hispanic, and Native American students than those of white, ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Change is coming in how math is taught in NC schools. But will it make students care?

Kenny Felder, a math teacher at Raleigh Charter High School, explains repeating decimals to calculus students in February 2019. Julia Wall News & Observer file photo State education leaders want to ...