Opinion: Why Students Reach College Underprepared for Math — And What to Do About It

In recent years, particularly since the pandemic, countless news articles have bemoaned a crisis in math learning. Whether ...
Forbes

AI Is Usually Bad At Math. Here’s Why It Matters

We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...

OpenAI’s Breakthrough On Famed Math Problem Actually Proves That Using AI To Find Counterexamples Is A Smart Strategy For Everyone

OpenAI makes big splash with AI finding math problem breakthrough. Real lesson is to use AI to find counterexamples. An AI ...
Education Week

Making the Case to Students That Math Is Important, Even When AI Does It All

With AI’s ability to solve complex math problems in a matter of seconds, it may feel to teachers like the technology is rapidly changing—or will soon—how math is taught. When free and widely available ...
The American Bazaar

3 Reasons why AI solved a math problem humans could not for 80 years

AI solved a math problem that stumped experts for 80 years, revealing deeper lessons about human cognition, focus, and ...
Education Week

Word Problems Get a Bad Rap in Math Class. Here’s How to Get Them Right

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.
Texas Monthly

Is There a Better Solution to Our Public Schools’ Math Problem?

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...