Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

Millions are failing college math. Advocates say the problem isn’t students, but decades-old curricula that require Cold War-era algebra skills. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an ...

Half of students fail college algebra. Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

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ALBANY, Ore. – It’s 7:15 on a Monday morning in May at Linn-Benton Community College in northwestern Oregon. Math professor Michael Lopez, a tape measure on his belt, paces in front of the 14 students ...

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More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...