For some students, an announcement of a math pop quiz can send them into a cold sweat. A new brain-imaging study suggests that the way they deal with that first rush of anxiety can be critical to ...

The math gap is an educational problem and an economic warning we cannot afford to ignore. When children enter school lacking a grasp of the language of math, they are set on a difficult path of ...

Combining English-language development with math instruction, using students’ home languages and backgrounds as assets, and providing access to advanced courses are among practices that can boost ...

Mathematics is contained in every part of our world. A droplet of water is a perfect sphere. Anything considered perfect in the language of mathematics, usually implies it has high degree of symmetry.

The University of Houston is working on identifying potential math and science teachers when they first enter college. The goal is to increase the quality of math and science teachers in elementary, ...

EdSource is conducting a series of interviews featuring educators’ experiences with the Common Core State Standards. Elk Grove Unified is one of six districts that EdSource is following during ...

Experts say joining the mathematical and computational revolution has the potential to transform healthcare, one of our nation's largest and most critical industries. Illustration: Jenna Luecke From ...

While English, math and science form the trilogy of staple sectors that children learn throughout school, only one is frequently looked back on as "unnecessary," "unusable" or redundant to adult life.