Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

Too many potential STEM students, especially Latino and Black students, are being filtered out of opportunities because of tracking and placement practices. Too many students of all races are being ...

Struggling with calculus? Research shows that active learning strategies can significantly improve understanding and performance, even in large classes. From group problem-solving to structured study ...

California's Department of Education is working on a new framework for K-12 mathematics that discourages gifted students from enrolling in accelerated classes that study advanced concepts like ...

A plan to reimagine math instruction for 6 million California students has become ensnared in equity and fairness issues — with critics saying proposed guidelines will hold back gifted students and ...

At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently. Luckily, however, it wasn't literally the illness. University of Alberta education professor ...

At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently. Luckily, it wasn't literally the illness. Educators used the virus as a theoretical tool when ...

Machines are getting better at maths – artificial intelligence has learned to solve university-level calculus problems in seconds. François Charton and Guillaume Lample at Facebook AI Research trained ...

If today's college students could find a way to get their hands on a copy of Facebook's latest neural network, they could cheat all the way through Calc 3. They could even solve the differential ...