Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 12th-grade student studies from a math workbook at Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times) Almost everything ...

Almost three-quarters of high school students think that they can be good at math if they work hard, but fewer say they follow through with that effort when the work gets challenging, according to a ...

Too many potential STEM students, especially Latino and Black students, are being filtered out of opportunities because of tracking and placement practices. Too many students of all races are being ...

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

For 23 years, I’ve taught high school math. And for 23 years, I’ve been told by people that they either are a “math person” or they are not. I get it: Math isn’t easy. Movies and TV shows make it look ...

Math is crucial in many fields yet more students are now functionally innumerate and many students do not go on to qualify ...