Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

The University of California San Diego has reported a staggering 30-fold increase in the number of students unable to do ...

Does math give you trouble? Here's some encouragement: Despite their miniature brains, a new study says honeybees can learn basic arithmetic. If they can do it, so can you! According to a study ...

A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

Foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and do basic math, remains a major challenge across Africa, with only one in ten children achieving minimum literacy and numeracy by the end of ...

Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, ...