Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

What is clear to us is that our students are college students. They are here because they want a higher education. We have decided to turn the mirror around and look at our practices rather than focus ...

For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus. In a recent national survey of 133 admissions officers, 74% said the ...

More than a decade ago, when Adrian Mims was working on his dissertation, he uncovered a confusing pattern in Black students’ math trajectories in the suburban district he was studying. While many ...

This teacher believes that “deprioritizing abstract math like calculus in favor of practical math, with a focus on statistical literacy, reduces barriers to entry and will help increase diversity in ...

BRAINTREE - Did you like doing math in school? Many people didn't. But a non-profit in Massachusetts is increasing the number of students of color and low-income students in advanced level math ...

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had ...

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 ...

Staring at a complex calculus problem can feel like hitting a brick wall. Whether it’s a tricky derivative or a mind-bending ...