Math teachers at a Queens high school are being forced to pass failing kids, including those who can’t be bothered to show up ...

He solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics — a million-dollar challenge that had defeated everyone for decades. Then, without taking the prize, the fame, or the spotlight… he vanished. This ...

Joe Sikoscow ’06, a portfolio manager and a benefactor of the MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science (MITES ...

A new study digs into why modern AI models stumble over multi-digit multiplication and what kind of training finally makes ...

Admission to MIT demands far more than strong marks or test scores. The institute looks for students who can thrive in an ...

Carina Hong and Demi Guo, both of whom have recently emerged as prominent tech founders under 30, share several similarities, including their decision to drop out of PhD programs at Stanford ...

At just 24, Carina Hong has become one of the most talked-about young figures in AI, a China-born mathematician who dropped out of a Stanford Ph.D. program to build the AI math startup Axiom Math.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...