Gilbert Strang never set out to be an internet celebrity. He just wanted to teach math. For 61 years, the MIT professor has been standing at the chalkboard, leading students through linear algebra, a ...

An Iowa professor is expanding what it means to understand mathematics — not just for students, but for those who teach it.Dr. Abby Rocha, an assistant professor of mathematics at Central College in ...

A 1956 New York Times article details a report from the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, revealing that in elementary and secondary school, mathematics earned the title of “the most hated ...

Since 2022, the Department of Mathematical Sciences has hired six new faculty. Two tenure-track faculty will teach undergraduate and graduate courses while also conducting cutting-edge research. Four ...

Tim Wagner is the recipient of Michigan Technological University's 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award in the Assistant Professor/Assistant Teaching Professor category. Tim Wagner is an assistant ...

When Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa State University, talks about data science with future math teachers, he doesn't begin with code, algorithms, or buzzwords. Instead, he asks ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

Saint Louis University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics is led by accomplished faculty with expertise in diverse fields, including applied harmonic analysis, differential geometry and ...

Hundreds of UC faculty signed a letter demanding SAT/ACT math requirements be reinstated, with UC Irvine professor Kara Jean Hyde saying objective measures are needed.

UC President James B. Milliken announced a data-driven review of admissions testing after faculty warned they are being forced to re-teach middle school math to students.

About a decade ago, leaders at the Kentucky Department of Education set out to develop guidelines for what quality math instruction should looked like in the state, convening educators from the ...