We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.

People often solve simple arithmetic problems, such as basic addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, in their minds. The precise mental processes they rely on to solve these problems, ...

Watching modern college basketball often feels like watching a math equation instead of an actual sport. This breakdown ...

Three Fields Medalists, researchers from OpenAI and DeepMind and dozens of mathematicians and computer scientists gathered at ...

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly ...

Imagine you and I are playing a simple game of chance. We each throw $50 into a pot and start flipping a coin. Heads, you get a point; tails, I get one. The first person to reach 10 points walks away ...

This article is excerpted from the forthcoming book Wrong Number (Wiley, May 12, 2026) In 1974, an economist at the ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... This headline captures President Donald Trump and the Republicans’ midterm election problems in a nutshell: Inflation in March hit its ...

Which is harder — landing a human on the moon or hitting a home run that dents the top of a foul pole in an MLB game? We ...

An Española math camp, SFCC commencement ceremonies, award-winning art and writing and more New Mexico education news.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay up to date on current AI trends” to prepare students for the future. But ...

AI isn’t always the answer — companies often overbuild flashy solutions when simpler fixes work better, wasting time, money ...