I had never heard the term, “math circle,” until a few weeks ago when I stumbled across an article in The Atlantic about the growing number of American kids excelling in the highest levels of math. It ...

Binary Tree – a tree data structure where each node has at most two nodes (left and right nodes) and a data element. The topmost node of the tree is the root node. Cauchy distribution – named after ...

Just the mere mention of “math” invariably brings up thoughts of difficulty, stress and a narrow focus, but education and business leaders say it shouldn’t. “It’s really about just day-to-day survival ...

In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics ...

Algebra is a core subject for U.S. high school students. But should it be? Algebra is a core subject for U.S. high school students. But should it be? Author Andrew Hacker believes we should reconsider ...

Doubling up on math classes for a year may help middle school students in the short term, but the benefits of doing so depreciate over time—and are likely not worth the price of missing out on ...