Welcome to the Washington Monthly’s annual College Guide and Rankings, where we rate schools based on what they do for the country. It’s our answer to U.S. News & World Report, which relies on crude ...

New research by the Brookings Institution out of Kentucky raises questions about how effective corequisite support—in which ...

In the minds of many people, math lives in the classroom—on blackboards, in textbooks, and in tests. New research from Amber Simpson, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and ...

A program started by Metropolitan Community College has improved outcomes for Omaha-area students who struggle with math by catching them up before they get to college, a new study found. A storm that ...

The Towson University undergrads stared at the quadratic formula projected onto the board. It seemed to be taunting them. x = [-b ± √(b² – 4ac)] / 2a Their instructor, Cristina Packard, had already ...

As rampant AI use accelerates a crisis in education, University of California professors are pleading with leadership to reinstate college-entrance exams, The Wall Street Journal reports, claiming ...

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss details of the bipartisan legislation to reform college sports, November's midterm elections, Iran war latest, ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

A sweeping investigation has revealed widespread fraud in mathematics publishing, where commercial metrics and rankings have incentivized the mass production of meaningless or flawed papers. The study ...

Hundreds of University of California (UC) professors signed a letter demanding the reinstatement of SAT/ACT mathematics requirements for students after revealing they are re-teaching basic math to ...

The redistricting math is getting complicated for both parties ahead of the midterm elections, where the House majority is on the line. All of this means the GOP has an advantage heading into November ...

University of California professors are sounding the alarm on a “severe” lack of math skills among college students — thanks to a decision to ban standardized testing in admissions at the elite ...