BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont educators are working on ways to boost student test scores, which national data this month indicates continue to decline. The Vermont Agency of Education has created a ...

Karoline Leavitt was mocked on Monday for what critics online have previously dubbed “MAGA Math.” The White House press secretary fully embraced her boss’ habit of mathematically impossible bragging ...

The National Science Foundation has slashed funding available for research into STEM instruction in K-12 schools. The move—which amounts to a roughly 50% cut for such research, experts calculate —also ...

Recent media coverage of an 18-year-old woman from Greenland's legal battle to regain custody of her baby after the child was taken from by government authorities just an hour after birth has cast a ...

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In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

An exciting new study reveals the hidden genetic architecture of quantitative ability, showing how brain wiring and signaling shape math skills independently of general intelligence. Study: A genetic ...

Standardized test scores in Rhode Island are up, according to results released by state education department Thursday morning. The state’s education boss is hailing the results. “The gains that we’re ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

As routines for the new school year get underway, many parents are looking forward to getting to know their child’s teacher and finding out what reading and writing assignments will be coming home.

Vice President JD Vance, addresses reporters with, from left, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, after a ...