Soon, the minister of basic education will step up to a podium, draped in the velvet of officialdom, flanked by shiny trophies and beaming officials. A single pass rate percentage will be unveiled, ...

It’s not surprising to read how incoming college freshman cant do basic math. Its been going on for years. America is in a science/technological race with China and we are more focused on worthless ...

We’ve created a generation — parents and children alike — paralyzed by numerators without denominators. A single alarming number, stripped of all context, deployed to trigger fear and compliance. And ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking — ...

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for a DIY project, or just having a math-related brain teaser thrown your ...

Six in 10 children in low- to middle-income countries are unable to read a simple sentence or solve basic mathematics problems, alarmingly, two-thirds of these are currently in school. The findings ...

A new report out of the University of California San Diego is raising educational alarm bells as American students fall further behind. As public schools continue to fail the children of the United ...

Luxury is in flux. This year, consumers questioned why luxury prices are continuing to skyrocket as quality seemingly dwindles. Creative directors shuffled from house to house. Fashion merged more ...

I’ve been helping several single women for the past few years. One has been featured in this column at least once in the past year. I’m pleased to report that she’s gaining confidence and tackling ...

Imagine knowing that the stock market will likely crash in three years, that extreme weather will destroy your home in eight or that you will have a debilitating disease in 15—but that you can take ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...