Robust skill-building and reinforcement of key mathematical concepts lie beneath the excitement of these games.

On Saturday night, around 250 high school students filed into MacMillan Hall for the closing ceremony of the inaugural Brown University Math Olympiad. The tournament, organized by a team of over 50 ...

A little stress can motivate, but teachers increasingly report their students’ fears over math interfere with their learning. In a nationally representative survey conducted this spring, nearly all ...

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...

Local districts departed from some national trends. But girls’ scores still slid more than boys’, with a few exceptions.