This maths brainteaser left one student in floods of tears. Maths divides opinion like no other school subject. While some pupils sail through algebra and geometry without breaking a sweat, others ...

A new demo of Google’s Nano Banana Pro has taken social media by storm after a viral post showed the tool accurately reading and recreating handwritten work with exceptional precision. The widely ...

Here's the thing about math that nobody tells you: it's less about memorizing formulas and more about knowing which tools to reach for. By fourteen, students should have a problem-solving toolkit that ...

“Yoshua recently turned 57. He is three years younger than Yann. How old is Yann?” Solving such a math word problem (MWP) requires understanding the short natural language narrative describing a state ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

The University Core Renewal Committee invites proposals for Complex Problem and Enduring Question courses to be taught during the 2026-2027 academic year. Contributing to the rigorous intellectual ...

While the world celebrated International Literacy Day, South Africa faced a harsh reality: 81% of Grade 4 learners reportedly can decode words but cannot read for meaning, according to PIRLS 2021.

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

When the digital revolution first hit classrooms in the early 2010s—and more schools began issuing laptops or tablets to students for individual use—online learning seemed to promise a faster, easier ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Practical word problems are often considered one of the most complex parts of elementary school mathematics. They require students to understand the context of a math problem, identify what the ...