Last month, Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in history to win a Fields Medal – ‘math’s Nobel Prize.’ This is a cause for celebration, but also for reflection. Things are definitely better ...

Mathematician Cheng attempts to impart crucial life lessons via the fundamentals of math in her uneven latest (after Is Maths Real?). The focus is on the meaning of “sameness” and “difference” in both ...

School closures due to conronavirus have put parents in the challenging position of home-schooling their children. In mathematics education programs for future math teachers, we often discuss the ...

Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots. By Siobhan Roberts The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the ...

The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for early mathematics has been contentious, to say the least. We asked Bethany ...