Picture a tune that plays with your mind. It does not go straight but skips and flips in ways you do not expect. That is math rock. It avoids common music paths, which makes it feel fresh and smart.

Math anxiety, not ghosts, is scaring families this October as new test scores show American students falling further behind in math. The latest NAEP “report card” reveals that only 33% of U.S. high ...

But it is unclear how exactly reorienting math — an area of academic study that does not operate in the subjective realm — toward the overtly political (or cultural) will actually benefit any students ...

A nonpartisan national council that analyzed the quality of the nation’s math teaching found Hawaii to be one of seven states with an “unacceptable” rating for math education. “We know how much ...