Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dani Di Placido covers film, television, and internet culture. You might have seen the term “Boy Math” thrown around the internet ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Scholars are frustrated. After decades of effort to bring more challenge and joy to math class, American students have made little net progress. In 2022, the nation’s students ranked 34th in the ...

Math-M-Addicts students eagerly dive into complex math problems during class. In the building of the Speyer Legacy School in New York City, a revolutionary math program is quietly producing some of ...

A documentary filmmaker and a mathematician discuss our fear of numbers and its civic costs. By Siobhan Roberts “Math is power” is the tag line of a new documentary, “Counted Out,” currently making ...

Are boys innately better at math and science? The question has generated heated debate for decades, with some researchers theorizing that differences in brain activity and hormones give males a ...

A bad relationship with math can start early, and anxiety or a lack of confidence around numbers can compound over time — transforming from a grade school phobia to a career hurdle. But some math ...

A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less likely to adjust their thinking after making mistakes during number ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Will I ever need math besides for school or work ...

The California Mathematics Framework (C.M.F.) is an arguably obscure but extremely consequential document informing the educations of millions of children, from transitional kindergarten to twelfth ...

“Just sitting down to focus on math homework is a battle.” “I feel like I’m always nagging my child about their writing assignments!” As most parents know too well, math and writing are complex ...