Stanford bills itself as giving its students one of the best educations in the world. While that may be true, it’s hard to feel that way when you’re, say, a freshman slogging through Math 51. Or Chem ...

As a research university, Stanford may not guarantee that it has the best undergraduate teaching in the country, but it certainly prides itself on quality. That being said, certain departments seem to ...

A Stanford University spinoff and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching plan to announce a partnership on Tuesday to expand the distribution of online remedial-mathematics courses ...

Kenan Hasanaliyev is a standout student at Triangle Math and Science Academy. In sixth grade, he was piling up math credits, placing him three grades ahead. He didn't stop there. He mastered AP ...

Aman Kumar spends Monday nights in Stanford's math department plunging into theorems for fun. He gets no credit for this. It sucks up precious time. But like dozens of other students, Kumar is there ...

Third graders played for just 10 minutes per day, 3 days a week, for four weeks. The comparison group’s class received the same materials and the same instruction, but didn’t play the game. The result ...

UC Berkeley professor Jelani Nelson and Stanford University professor Jo Boaler have been entangled in controversy after criticisms of Boaler’s work arose last week. The backdrop for this conflict is ...