A frequency comb is a special kind of laser light whose spectrum, or set of frequencies, resembles the teeth of a comb. Instead of containing just one colour (one frequency), it emits a large number ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) A report about declining math preparation at UC San Diego has been generating hysterical headlines in national news ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...

Diallo Riddle is a writer and actor who worked on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, appeared on Silicon Valley and co-created the criminally underrated comedy series South Side. Blake "LUXXURY" Robin is a ...

For many students, correct answers often take center stage in math class, while reasoning becomes an afterthought. Even when “showing your work” gets factored into grading, kids may put in minimal ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Nearly one in three students in middle and high school say they’ve never felt like a “math person,” ...

Somiya Adrees is a writer at GameRant. Her gaming journey began at a young age with classics like Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, and Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (all of which she ...