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 ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company ...

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 ...

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 ...