We were teetering on the brink of frustration. Anthony sat hunched over our kitchen island, pencil in hand, peering at the figures and word problems spread out before him. I stood nearby, at a loss at ...

We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...

To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.

Computer scientists often assume that the brain works by approximations, and therefore that computing hardware inspired by the brain won’t be as good at complex math as traditional hardware.

With AI’s ability to solve complex math problems in a matter of seconds, it may feel to teachers like the technology is rapidly changing—or will soon—how math is taught. When free and widely available ...

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This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

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