Many issues in the news may seem, on the surface, not to involve mathematics at all. While “number stories” complement, deepen, and regularly undermine “people stories,” mathematical naiveté puts everyday readers at a disadvantage. Probability and randomness enhance articles on crime, health...

Math is not just the language of numbers. It is also not just a subject for school children. What math, if any is important for adults? Where does America stand in the world in math and how can we improve? Is it the teaching? What kind of preparation do our youth need to succeed? What do we know...

We’ve all had great teachers who opened our minds — and maybe even changed our lives. But how can we make every teacher a star teacher? Elizabeth Green’s New York Times best-selling book Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone) presents teaching as a complex...