The good news is that the number of American teens who excel in math is increasing. The bad news is that the growing ecosystem of high school math enthusiasts lacks students of color. The largely ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Because of UC’s decision to count data science toward the math requirement for college ...

AMES, Iowa – The National Science Foundation has announced a grant for an Iowa State University-led initiative designed to provide a network of support for students of color interested in mathematics.

What does it take to get students from low-income families, English-language learners, black students, and Hispanic students enrolled—and thriving—in advanced-math courses? For the Long Beach Unified ...

The Everyday Math curriculum has been rejected in the state of Texas. I’ve blogged about Everyday Math and how it attempts to A. If math were a color, it would be --, because --. B. If it were a food, ...

Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material is showing why some knots are better than others. One sunny day last summer, Mathias Kolle, a professor at the Massachusetts ...