Experts are questioning the relevance of pushing all college-bound students to take calculus, arguing that the “narrow pathway toward calculus … fails to serve most students.” Credit: Erika Rich for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Successful completion of high school calculus has long been an unofficial must-have for those seeking admission to the nation’s ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

In recent years, math educators and advocates have pushed to diversify high school course offerings, introducing new pathways that culminate in statistics or data analysis. But new research suggests ...

The article was updated on July 10 to clarify the section about rewording and eliminating cited research. The State Board of Education is poised to approve a nearly 1,000-page guidance for math ...

Concerning new NAEP results for 12th grade students indicate a worrying trend that could widen the opportunity gap for decades and put our economy at risk. Yesterday, a new set of results for the ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to reflect Ralph Pantozzi’s full statement. Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Kent Place School. It is located in Summit, N.J ...