Toward the end of last school year, I sat on a virtual mathematics panel discussing the resilience of students in the face of COVID-19’s traumatic educational consequences. I began to examine the ...

How does a revolution start? Sometimes, it’s a simple question. For Sarah Powell, an associate professor of special education at the University of Texas at Austin, the question was this math problem: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

Math is everywhere. For college students, it might mean balancing a budget, making sense of financial aid forms or getting through at least a math course or two, no matter your degree program. Beyond ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about Is Math Real? by Eugenia Cheng. There’s lots of ways to participate: Read the book, join our community space, attend an event, sign up for our email ...

While I am financially savvy, I’m also into some lighthearted spending logic. And if your math brain works anything like mine, we might agree on some things: anything less than $5 is free; it’s smart ...