There’s a scene in the 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver," where high school math teacher Jaime Escalante (played by Edward James Olmos) argues with the head of the school’s math program about the ...

Two Evening Street Elementary School students proved even fractions could be fun by creating Mathopoly, a prize-winning board game that won recognition in a national contest. Fifth-graders Ruby Culp ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It's no secret that math is a subject many find challenging, possibly even intimidating. Too often, we hear both adults ...

Eureka! a U.S. museum devoted to mysteries of math An "Enigma Cafe" offering "food for the mind, not the body" NEW YORK — At last count there were more than 17,000 museums across the country — not ...

Catherine Good has experienced stereotype threat herself, although she didn’t know it at the time. She started her academic career in pure math, expecting to get a Ph.D. But somewhere along the way ...

Thousands of Chicagoans experienced math through games, puzzles, theater performances, music, technology and even a bounce house on September 26 at Navy Pier. MIND Research Institute’s 2015 Math Fair: ...

April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month! Whether solving puzzles, exploring patterns in nature, or using data to make decisions, math shapes the world around us in exciting ways. It’s the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) wants to eliminate the “I’m not a math person” mindset with career-focused classes. NCDPI is proposing a new ...