Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.

What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains ...

Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting ...

A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less likely to adjust their thinking after making mistakes during number ...

ABSTRACT: Darcy’s law is the fundamental equation describing the flow of a fluid through a porous medium. Combined with the principle of mass conservation, it leads to the diffusion Equation (e.g., ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and ...

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

With children increasingly glued to their cell phones, state legislators are hoping to reduce potential harm with restrictions for those under 18. Lawmakers are pushing a detailed bill that would ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

ROCHESTER — A newly published Mayo Clinic study tested how an artificial intelligence-driven phone application, paired with a smartwatch, could alert parents to their child's impending tantrum. "This ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...