A comprehensive analysis of English-language literature published over the last century reveals distinct patterns in how race and gender intersect within written text. The findings suggest that Black ...

Researchers have developed an AI system that learns about the world via videos and demonstrates a notion of “surprise” when ...

When it comes to reading, the nation's third- through eighth-graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump, according to new testing data. In math, the news is only a little more heartening: Student ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

The premise of Marcus du Sautoy’s Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity is that mathematics and creativitiy spring from the same well — structure. Individual numbers exist without human help.

At Del Rio STEM Academy, a magnet school in Oceanside Unified School District, first-grade teacher Katherine Sebastian uses her hands as she talks through math problems. Her hands come together in a ...

Taxes are going up. Debt is skyrocketing. Priorities are out of whack. The government is rounding up citizens. And what are the parties doing? Gerrymandering for power. What is the president doing?

For 17 years, the Community Math Academy has been instilling confidence and STEAM skills in underserved Cleveland County students. The program, which expanded into Gaston County in 2022, provides ...

State lawmakers are considering proposals in the state budget that they hope would improve math education for public school students across the state. An amendment in the Ohio Senate's proposed ...

How bees, beer cans and big data all solve the same problem: not enough space. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, ...

In a weekend in the spring of 2025, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as ...