A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

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OpenAI's GPT-5.2 Pro has solved multiple decades-old Erdős math problems, but Fields Medalist Terence Tao says the wins ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for January 16, 2026 - A red rope is coerced into forming a sine wave. The post Math Puzzle for ...

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

A quarter of Philadelphia third through eighth graders passed Pennsylvania math assessments. There has been steady ...

eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #4 focuses on making math instruction more relevant to students. The real question students are asking is, “When am I ever going ...

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You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

This puzzle looks like it needs calculus… but you’re not allowed to use it. I explore alternative methods to get the answer only using basic math tools. 8 million inflation refund checks sent out ...