Virtually every sector of employment seeks highly skilled mathematicians —from academia to commerce, finance, and health sciences, to government labs and national security, as well as STEM fields.

DPI says not requiring Math 3 will give high school students more of a say in picking the math courses that interest them.

If you are interested in the real-world applications of numbers, discrete mathematics may be the concentration for you. Because discrete mathematics is the language of computing, it complements the ...

The response, at least in its ideal form, was not to narrow literacy instruction but to strengthen it. Schools restored ...

The verdict, it seems, is in: artificial intelligence is not about to replace mathematicians. That is the immediate takeaway from the “First Proof” challenge—perhaps the most robust test yet of the ...

North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what ...

April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month—a time to celebrate teaching math, which can be, as experts say, a “hard sell.” I spoke with Sean Nank, a professor of teaching and learning at the ...

Students studying math can focus on statistics. Statistics is one of the fastest-growing fields in the country and is ranked No. 9 for Best Technology Jobs, No. 50 in Best STEM Jobs, and No. 92 in 100 ...

Do we need to reimagine how we teach math? If AI will be as ubiquitous as we believe it to be, will its inevitability require a pronounced emphasis in math throughout our education system? While it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

No amount of data crunching could have foretold the story of Zach Navejas ’14. His love for math propelled him to a Bachelor ...

Students in Years 1 and 2, the equivalent of kindergarten and first grade in the U.S., prepare for a math lesson at St. Clair School in Dunedin, New Zealand. Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger ...