For years, math was something you either get or you don't. But it doesn't have to be that way, according to several Green Bay ...

There is a new “cliff” in American higher education, and it is not the demographic cliff. Rather, it is the dramatic cliff in math knowledge, skills and abilities.

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

A new report from UCSD demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college-level math courses.

The report by the university's Academic Senate Working Group on Admissions shows that this is a persistent problem at most UC campuses.

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

Key Points ・UC San Diego’s own faculty report shows a thirtyfold jump since 2020 in freshmen arriving with math skills below the middle-school level, raising concerns about admissions practices and ...

An apparently easy-looking math problem has left internet users scratching their heads. The elementary-grade problem looks simple enough to solve in seconds, but has tripped up the masses. The basic ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Connecticut has seen a significant jump in the number of high school ...

Where have all the good coaches gone, and where are all the Smarts? Where's the streetwise Schembechler to fight the rising odds? Isn't there a Miles or Holtz upon a fiery steed? Late at night, they ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “I’m not a math person.” We’ve studied it, offered reform around it, and acknowledged its costs. Yet, too often, conversations about barriers to math achievement stop at ...