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Math Class Doesn’t Work. Here’s the Solution

By Jo Boaler

The Way We Teach Math Is Holding Women Back

By Jo Boaler

Alabama Teacher Gave Her Students a Ridiculously Inappropriate Math Test

By Denver Nicks

British Professor Wins Math's Highest Honor

By Rishi Iyengar
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Why the Long Search for the Value of Pi Was Important

It led to the development of new concepts and techniques in mathematics

Breakthrough Prize Gives $22 Million in Science Awards

The awards are now in their third year

By Nash Jenkins

New Google Doodle Honors Prolific Mathematician George Boole's 200th Birthday

Boole ended his formal education at 14

By Joanna Plucinska

Why You Should Think Twice About Helping Your Kid With Math

Research says when parents with high math anxiety help with homework, children learn less

Top Math Prize Awarded to a Woman for the First Time

Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani wins the Fields Medal, considered the Nobel of math, and breaks into a male-dominated academic elite. All 52 previous winners of the award were men

By Alex Bellos
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