We were teetering on the brink of frustration. Anthony sat hunched over our kitchen island, pencil in hand, peering at the figures and word problems spread out before him. I stood nearby, at a loss at ...

Seventh grader Laila Washington: “You get to learn a lot” at Math Counts. Credit: Maya McFadden pHoto Sohan Bendre (right) refreshes students on what a variable is. If you write out the numbers from 1 ...

University researchers are exploring a new way to use large language models (LLMs) for middle school math education. Researchers at George Mason University and William and Mary University have created ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

With AI’s ability to solve complex math problems in a matter of seconds, it may feel to teachers like the technology is rapidly changing—or will soon—how math is taught. When free and widely available ...

We often ask leaders what skills they see as critical for the future. That question is especially relevant for Bijal Shah, CEO of Guild, which helps companies provide education benefits to their ...