The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: There is a worldwide problem in math and it’s not just about the pandemic

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The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

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Yahoo

Four Insights into U.S. Students’ Drop in Math & Science on International Test

International testing data released Wednesday offered the latest evidence of U.S. learning loss since the pandemic, with American students falling behind some of their European peers and a gender gap ...
Education Week

Why Calculus Remains a Math Flash Point

Corrected: This story has been updated to reflect Ralph Pantozzi’s full statement. Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Kent Place School. It is located in Summit, N.J ...
NPR

The decimal point was in use 150 years before previously thought, research shows

NPR's Scott Simon talks to math historian Glen Van Brummelen about his finding that the decimal point appeared in the 1440s, earlier than thought. How did the decimal point come to be? - the dot that ...