Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

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Some Federal Reserve officials want to keep interest rates unchanged “for some time” after making three rate cuts this year, minutes from the latest Fed meeting showed. These officials said that ...

Social Security’s 2.8% COLA for 2026 may not keep pace with inflation if tariffs drive costs higher. COLAs are based on worker spending patterns rather than retiree spending, leading to insufficient ...

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STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s central bank held its key policy rate at 1.75% Thursday and maintained that the next move will be a hike, but not for some time. The decision was in line with a Wall Street Journal ...

New York charter school Success Academy outperformed public schools in math rankings statewide, according to the New York State Education Department’s newly released test score data for grades 3–8.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its third interest rate cut of the year as policymakers moved forward with the cut to support the labor market despite elevated inflation. Fed policymakers ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...