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 ...

A pioneer mathematician who guided Stanford University's early computer science program in the 1950s and '60s died last month and will be honored with a fund in his name. Stanford has established the ...

Taking a more visual approach to math instruction at the K-12 and higher-ed levels could dramatically change brain development as it relates to future math success, according to a new paper from ...

Mathematics education in the United States puts far too much emphasis on memorization, says Stanford math education professor Jo Boaler. And that ultimately leads students to both misunderstand and ...