The Kakeya set—named for its discoverer Sōichi Kakeya—was complicated by a subsequent mathematician named Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch. Besicovitch introduced the idea that a Kakeya set moved into a ...

A seemingly simple math problem about dividing pizzas sparked debate when someone highlighted a potential flaw in the assumed ...

Valdosta State University's Jasmine Freeman, Timothy Smith, and Xavier Wellons recently joined 439 other students from around ...

A report says the programs should provide future teachers more training number sense, algebraic reasoning, and other ...

A new proof solves the “Kakeya conjecture” in three dimensions, opening up a new set of possibilities for mathematics, from computer science to cryptography ...

New York Post opinion columnist Rikki Schlott criticized test-optional admissions policies, alleging the pandemic-era change is responsible for the math struggles of Harvard freshmen.

Linda McMahon, the new secretary of education, has her hands full. Her game plan is to dissolve the Department of Education.

The latest national test scores show that Maryland’s K-12 students are performing below average in math. Maryland’s fourth ...

For the past three years, improvement in math among Putnam Elementary School’s most disadvantaged students has ranked among the bottom 10% of schools in the state. More than 66% of Putnam Elementary ...

Throughout the preschool years, children’s early numeracy skills were lower if their parents were more anxious about maths.

The Maryland State Board of Education has voted to change the way math is taught in the state. Under the plan approved by the board, math curricula in the state’s 24 public school systems would be ...

Giving students a peek at the math under the hood of AI can help them understand the potential power and pitfalls of the ...