Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

As racial inequity soars on the nation’s radar, math teachers are increasingly bringing social-justice questions into their classrooms to help students see the subject’s relevance and recognize that ...

Little more than 1 in 3 American 12 th graders read proficiently and fewer than 1 in 4 performed proficiently in math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2019, marking widening gaps ...

Mathematician Moon Duchin answers the internet's burning questions about mathematics. What actually is an algorithm? Is it possible to explain Pi (π) in words? Is geometric group theory just Anabelian ...