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A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

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The role of homework has long been debated in education—what’s its purpose? How much is too much? Is it effective? As schools ...

There is a kind of arithmetic that does not show up on any sticker but quietly determines whether a used-car purchase turns ...

Oh boy, reviews are in for Valve's Steam Machine with its biggest talking point being, as expected, how much the device costs ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...

Math is everywhere. For college students, it might mean balancing a budget, making sense of financial aid forms or getting through at least a math course or two, no matter your degree program. Beyond ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: No more homework. Since then, none of the 2,500 students in this district — ...

Federal survey data suggests that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been declining. A few days into the new semester this January, the ...