Students are heading back to school and university next week but many may be feeling nervous about tackling mathematics, thanks to its fearsome reputation. Parents can help by not vocally dreading the ...

More money, more consistent math instruction and better teacher training will be needed in Washington public schools to overcome poor math test scores, state education officials said Thursday.

I’m a math major. Yep, that’s right. No, I’m not a masochist, but it definitely hurts a lot right now. Focusing on mathematics in my undergraduate career has forced me to reflect upon my mathematics ...

Local math teachers say the state's new math expectations will be more rigorous but also more focused. Before the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction delivered revised math standards to ...

Mathematician Carlos Castillo-Chavez says that pi is so important to math that using its simple, geometric definition denies its greater powers. "[Pi] brings you into the world of mathematics, which ...