In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

NYC Solves has faced criticism from educators for assuming kids have mastered skills, leaving some lost and frustrated.

Well, sort of. Machine learning, an older form of AI, has long been used in all sorts of scientific research. One branch, ...

Jennifer Williams’ commentary about parents’ right to choose what books their children read and/or have access to in school libraries is one more example of the current movement to silence particular ...

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

Want your child to spend less time on their phone, tablet or gaming device? Start by downsizing your own digital consumption. According to a study published in 2024, one of the strongest predictors of ...

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex. Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve ...