There’s been a steady push to encourage students to take more math, and tougher math, in high school. Business leaders, advocacy organizations, and state and local policymakers provided a lot of the ...

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I first heard about elite math competitions when I was homeschooling my kids (yes, I homeschooled my children for eight years). I read about the International Math Olympiad and MathCounts, and heard ...

San Gabriel High School teacher Leah Ulloa Ruiz teaches a data science lesson to calculate the likelihood of whether men or women will be victims in horror movies. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ...

Last year, my seventh-grade class created at-scale drawings of cost-efficient cabins for an outdoor education camp. Using three-dimensional figures and proportional reasoning, my students designed and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Americans are largely unsatisfied with the way math is taught across the nation's classrooms, according to a new national survey of parents of school-age children, teachers and adults. The study, ...

Fremont middle and high schools now allow more opportunities for students to take higher-level math courses, increasing the number of students who will take Advanced Placement math before graduating ...

Irate parents are fighting to maintain advanced math classes at a top-rated New York City middle school, the third battle to keep accelerated offerings at a Manhattan school in recent months. The ...

Virginia’s public schools have been in the national spotlight the past few days, with a Fox News headline and resulting social media chatter saying the state is eliminating advanced math classes ...

The claim: Virginia schools are eliminating advanced math classes for students under 11th grade, citing "equity" The Virginia Department of Education has announced a proposal that would "modernize and ...