Launched earlier this year, the new Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation at the University of Chicago will address these kinds of pressing global challenges. At the institute’s ...

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Here's why math fact fluency matters, and what we know from research about teaching strategies and timed exercises.

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Bill Gates says America has a math problem. Here are his three suggestions to help kids learn to love the subject like he does.

Some mathematicians say the current model of high school math, including the calculus track, is broken. Here's how they want to fix it.