In the past 20 years, parents have taken to heart public-awareness campaigns urging them to read to their children every night. But math initiatives have not gained as much traction—even as emerging ...

August brings the usual dread of summer’s end and the imminent return to school, now magnified by the uncertainty of a COVID future and painful memories of the COVID past. As if the increased levels ...

Math will be the most useful when I get older because you have to be smart so you can help your kids with their homework and so you can have a good job. Math, reading and writing will be the most ...

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Think your math skills are up to snuff? Try these word problems, geared for 7th to 9th graders (answers at end): 1) You plan a train trip from Chicago to Portland, Ore. The distance between the cities ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It turns out that, in economics, maths – like technology and much else – can be used for good or ill. The three academic economists (and ...

Researchers have developed a mathematical framework that could one day form the basis of technologies that turn road vibrations, airport runway noise and other "junk" energy into useful power. A ...