Math is, by definition, a subject about numbers. But at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics this week, math educators said the subject has its own language, too—and knowing how to speak it ...

When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math. “Despite the ...

Many students lose ground in math over the summer, but one approach is showing promising results with just 30 minutes a week. Dr. Aditya Nagrath, a mathematician and education expert, explains how his ...

MathCounts (mathcounts.org) aims to instill confidence and curiosity in American middle-school students by making math more exciting, fun, and challenging. Each year, the organization distributes a ...