Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in education into ...

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For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

Every story about remarkable, personal turnarounds starts badly. Few end with a mural and a prized seat in algebra class. David Bernal, a husky 12-year-old, showed up in teacher Monica Saina’s class ...

Even before the start of his decades-long teaching career, Chuck Strauss had fallen in love with math, an infatuation so strong it would come to define his life and help shape the lives of thousands ...

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- Tim Hurry didn't always plan to be a teacher. In fact, it took a round-off back-handspring-kick in the face to get him there. More about that later. And yet, he wouldn't have it ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly two decades ago, Miwako Sakabayashi opened the doors to her Portland-area Japanese Abacus Math School. Today, Sensei Miwako continues to teach local kids how to tackle math ...