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The University of California San Diego has reported a staggering 30-fold increase in the number of students unable to do ...

One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below high-school levels in math, according to a university report. One in 12 do ...

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For centuries, mathematicians have categorized infinities into a kind of ladder. The infinite set of natural numbers (1, 2, 3 ...

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...

Math students may not blink at calculating probabilities, measuring the area beneath curves or evaluating matrices, yet they ...

Infinity Squared Mathematics, a non-profit founded by high school seniors, promotes problem-solving skills and bridges the ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

In Illinois, officials at the State Board of Education hope to close the gap through the development of a statewide, ...

The 74 reports that schools excelling in math also tend to excel in reading, indicating a strong correlation between subject ...