More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

Mathematics has always been one of the most challenging subjects for students of all ages. From simple arithmetic to complex ...

Are high school students getting the preparation they need for college math? The question, long a focus of study in K-12 math education and policy, is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Sen. Bill ...

Math anxiety affects roughly 25 percent of students, which can prevent them from learning and taking more advanced mathematics courses. Fear around the subject can include being in a math class, ...

A 1956 New York Times article details a report from the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, revealing that in elementary and secondary school, mathematics earned the title of “the most hated ...

But, both of these would require large structural changes for a course that teaches hundreds of students a year — something that can’t really happen in the near term. What could happen now, though, is ...