For novices, functions are one of the most intimidating features of OpenOffice.org's Calc. Newcomers quickly learn that functions are a main feature of spreadsheets, but there are almost four hundred, ...

A campus report cites many factors, including the impact of COVID and higher admissions from under-resourced schools.

Teachers in Arlington Heights District 25 grade schools like a new math program developed at the University of Chicago, but some parents say it has a flaw–that it doesn’t teach kids to add, subtract, ...

Re “Dismal student test scores deserve boos, not cheers” (Oct. 17): I taught sixth-grade math for 24 years and found that the biggest impediment to teaching at that level was that so many students had ...

How much math knowledge do you need for machine learning and deep learning? Some people say not much. Others say a lot. Both are correct, depending on what you want to achieve. There are plenty of ...