In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

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

Every fall, Oregon Department of Education releases data from the spring's standardized testing. Students in grades 3-8 and 11 are tested in English language arts and math. Science is only tested in ...

Would folks like to design a skateboard, bang a drum, pretend to be a weather forecaster or virtually explore Mars? Or would they rather study up on geometric properties, fractions, statistics, ...

For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus. In a recent national survey of 133 admissions officers, 74% said the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Pi Day (March 14) is a day of global mathematical celebration, but ...

When it was released in September, the latest national assessment showed some upsetting, although not surprising, trends. Considered a good window into how K-12 students in the U.S. are faring, the ...

China's highly selective educational pipeline develops a narrow slice of students to an extremely high level. America has ...

Image made with elements from Canva. It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our ...

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PEBBLE BEACH — Stevenson School is nearing the end of construction for a new math and science building to open next school year. The two-story, 35,000-square-foot academic space will include six math ...