Just a few years after literacy laws swept the nation, changes to math education are gaining traction. In Wisconsin, a new ...

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

Across the globe, boys are increasingly becoming disconnected from education and at times, dropping out of school. The belief is that it has to do with toxic ...

New Acropolis Mumbai marked Day of the Arts with an interdisciplinary exploration of mathematics, music and philosophy, ...

A pixel either controls or analyzes, but not at the same time. Researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, however, managed to create a new type of pixel that can simultaneously do both. This ...

The T-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for "everyday wear." Across the front, it declares in italic script, "I'm too pretty to do math." While some may see it as a joke, it is sparking ...

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews WSJ Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg News If nobody understands a mathematical proof ...

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

Modern Art, LondonThe mathematically named new works of Along the River are disorienting, illusive and seem to offer a flash of the secret sequences that underpin the physical world ...

I love a good road trip, particularly now that things have thawed here in New England. In addition to picking a playlist or downloading an audiobook, I set my GPS to be sure I’m taking the best route.

This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that's delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it first. Last week I explained how a then 25-year-old ...