American students remain stumped by math. The 2019 scores for the National Assessment of Educational Progress test — known as NAEP — were published last month, showing that performance for fourth- and ...

Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in education into ...

Rebecca Goldin, Emily Riehl, and Eugenia Cheng share their favorite puzzles, explain why math is like a dragon, and give tips for young women entering the field. You may associate math with ...

It all started with an innocuous TikTok video posted by a high school student named Gracie Cunningham. Applying make-up while speaking into the camera, the teenager questioned whether math is “real.” ...

From NPR, this is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Joe Palca. Up next, how life imitates math. In his new book, Steven Strogatz looks back on the 30-year correspondence he maintained with his high school math ...

If math class was your least favorite part of the school day, don't worry. There are plenty of high-paying jobs out there that won't require you to crunch numbers or run complex algorithms all day.