The study found the gap, where there was one, tracked each country’s degree of inequality. Think women can’t do math? You’re wrong – but new research shows you might not change your mind, even if you ...

Math teachers who believe women no longer face discrimination tend to be biased against girls’ ability in math. This is what we found through an experiment we conducted with over 400 elementary and ...

The early years are a critical time to teach the foundations of math. That’s when children learn to count, start identifying shapes and gain an early understanding of concepts like size and ...

Joseph Cimpian receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences and the National Science Foundation. Ian Thacker and Yasemin Copur-Gencturk do not work for, ...

Teachers’ unconscious racial bias in the classroom can significantly affect how different students are taught — and what they learn. Portland State University Math Education professor Eva Thanheiser ...

The Florida Department of Education has released examples of what it calls “problematic” material that led it to ban dozens of math textbooks — including a lesson with an algebra graph measuring ...

Once, while I was teaching a math class at a local university, another instructor came to tell me how she had to fight back laughter when she overheard me speaking with a student during my office ...

Theories abound as to why women remain underrepresented in many fields. A new study says that perceived gender bias in a given discipline is the primary criterion women use for selecting a college ...