Algebraic geometry, the study of solutions to polynomial equations and their geometric properties, finds rich interplay with class field theory—a branch of number theory that classifies abelian ...

School is back in session, and in honor of that, the Motley Fool Answers duo of Alison Southwick and former middle-school teacher Robert Brokamp are taking you back to the classroom -- virtually ...

On a Wednesday morning in May, a dozen students streamed into their geometry class at the Cindy Avitia High School. But instead of looking toward the blackboard, the 10th-graders opened up their ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

Math class usually requires a pencil and calculator. At Loveland High School, students also need a hammer and a hard hat. Every year, about 150 students enroll in “Geometry in Construction." Students, ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...

Every January, Nashville teacher Joel Bezaire reads The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time aloud to his students. Sounds pretty standard, right? It would be — for an English class. But ...