Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level ...

Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math deemed necessary to earn an associate degree or transfer to a four-year college.

Comment from discussion Student investigated after allegedly saying a math symbol looked like a gun. This story was originally published February 22, 2018 at 12:43 PM.

Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the ...

The simplification of symbols may have aided the rapid acceleration of mathematical progress. Until around the 16th century, most math was written in metered verse.

A provocative new book that argues required algebra has become an unnecessary stumbling block that forces millions to drop out of high school or college.

Beginning this fall, Butler Community College will revolutionize the way it teaches math, offering college algebra and three other courses in five-week modules rather than the traditional semester ...

A Louisiana student has been investigated by police after saying a math symbol looks like a gun. KSEE reports the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office searched the home of a student at Oberlin High ...

College algebra, listed as a freshman-level math requirement at most major universities, is designed to prepare students for calculus. But only about 20% of majors require higher-level math.

Fifty-six percent of students passed college statistics, significantly higher than the 45 percent pass rate for remedial algebra plus the workshop and 39 percent for remedial algebra without extra ...

Police in Allen Parish, Louisiana, searched a student’s home after a group of high-schoolers discussed how the square-root sign could look like a gun.