Some, however, find that bridging fields opens new realms of possibility. Henry Kvinge, who trained as a mathematician but ...

Math classrooms shifted over time to the discovery model. Not suddenly, and not without good intentions. There was a ...

Can you predict whether a passenger would have survived the sinking of the Titanic based on factors like gender and income? How do you know if a mushroom is poisonous or safe to eat? What separates a ...

Mathematicians love the certainty of proofs. This is how they verify that their intuition matches observable truth. This logical love of proofs is uniquely suited to opening up the black box of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Although Apple touts Math Notes as an interplay of hardware, software, and ...

Steve Holifield’s breathing was labored. A respected math teacher at a K-12 public charter school in Apple Valley, California, Holifield was in steep physical decline. His students had watched the ...

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, ...

William Heard Kilpatrick, one of the most influential pedagogical figures of the early twentieth century, would have felt right at home in today’s educational culture wars. Back then, as now, the ...

New York school districts will soon begin revamping math instruction under a new law aimed at improving test scores — but the ...