A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Scientific American. What’s the Most Distant Galaxy ...

During a “non-traditional workday” — when class is held virtually and students and teachers are online — “a 5th grade math ...

When I was in middle school, I had a classmate who would look at trigonometric functions and yell, "I will never need these!" ...

Can you solve the elementary school problem that divided the internet in less than 30 seconds? Test your might in this ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

Google's Nano Banana Pro accurately solved a handwritten math problem in the user's handwriting style Nano Banana Pro is part of Google's Gemini 3 series for advanced AI image generation Social media ...

At the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), one competitor did so well that it would have been awarded the Silver Prize, except for one thing: it was an AI system. This was the first time ...

The tests are completed, and the next question is – what did I get? Students all over the country are taking the PSAT this month and once completed, students have the long wait to find out what they ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...