Women make up nearly half of the college-educated workforce, but hold less than a quarter of STEM jobs — as in jobs that involve science, technology, engineering and math. Actress turned mathematician ...

Something was missing last week from a seventh-grade math class at Palms Middle School in West Los Angeles. It wasn’t the students; they were at their desks. It wasn’t teacher Bruce Kravets; he was ...

A group of California parents and preschool teachers are overcoming their fear of math and discovering new confidence to teach it to young children through an unexpected source: storybooks. A series ...

Math is at play in every sphere of our lives, from recipes to internet security to the electoral college. But that reality can be hard to convey through the drills, static numbers and strict rules ...

EVERETT — As a kid he drew cartoons on his math papers. Now he draws math in his cartoons. What’s up with that? “I Hate Math” is a new comic book by Ian Brown, 37, a third grade teacher at Challenger ...

There is no shortage of popular books and lectures on math—but they can only teach us so much. Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Parents can improve their preschool child’s math skills by reading specially designed math picture books to them, according to a new study at Purdue University. Early math ...