Delays aren't enough to help students who aren't ready to take Algebra 1 in 8th grade, a new analysis suggests.

Students are better able to engage with and solve complex problems when they view themselves as capable mathematicians.

Hidden correspondences hint at a deeper structure to the mathematical universe. Our columnist unpacks one of those connections and asks mathematicians what they might mean.

Maryland’s reading crisis has deepened over the past decade. Maryland READS founder Trish Brennan-Gac explains what went wrong and what needs to change.

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From the column: "Teachers are heroes. ... (But when) teachers push personal beliefs or hide behind tenure’s shield, they risk turning classrooms into pulpits." ...

UC Berkeley's Zvezdelina Stankova reports significant math deficiencies in students, intensifying the debate over the university's test-free admissions policy. Faculty urge reconsideration of SAT and ...

Dilley, who now serves as Arlington ISD’s chief academic officer, was born in Brazil and moved to the United States when she was 11. She couldn’t speak a word of English and was brought into ...

Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little ...