I hated math as a child, so my parents bought me a computer game to help me enjoy math. It was called Super Solvers: Outnumbered! This game took me from hating math to fearing math. It is sadly the ...

Something changed when I turned twelve: I stopped being able to understand math concepts in a natural way that didn’t require extra cognitive exertion. It seemed as if overnight, my ability to ...

Before I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I knew what I didn't want to do — math. Ever since that day in the fourth grade when my math teacher assigned us times tables for homework and I ...

Ruth Kermish, Ph.D., is executive director of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA). Cheryl Tobey is a STEM ...

Federal data shows post-pandemic student math scores are still down. Maine education officials are responding with a new effort to show students that math has real-world relevance.

I designed my new home office to be a creative, inspirational sanctuary. Behind the French doors is a rug with watercolor flowers in bright pink, orange, and blue tones. The light gray walls are ...

The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...

Kindergartners through fifth-graders in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District may use new math materials by next school year, but sixth-graders could continue using Swun Math, a program that ...