When it comes to teaching math and science, is the grass always greener across the Pacific Ocean? “I'm working with educators to help prevent students from hating math before they even know what it is ...

When teams of Georgia educators met to discuss how best to revise math education in their state, they agreed to look east for inspiration—the Far East, that is. Obscured by all the debate over the ...

A new book examines math study in four nations that are receiving lots of attention for their education systems these days: China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore. “Math Curriculum in the Pacific Rim” is ...

Officials recently released the results of a quadrennial global study on math and science education for young children, intended primarily to measure their basic scholastic ability in those subjects.

Japan’s elementary and junior high school students scored highly compared with peers from around the world in the 2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Japan’s students performed ...

Japan ranks sixth in the number of internationally published math theses, the same position it has held since being surpassed by China in 2000, the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy ...

One gold, 8 silver and 2 bronze medals came home with high school students representing Israel at these international competitions. Israel’s high school team at the International Mathematics Olympiad ...

New York students trail their counterparts in several Asian countries and Russia on math tests — and their competitiveness on science exams is even worse. A recent report by the US government’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last month, a national cry of alarm greeted the announcement by the Organization for ...

Kyoto University of Education Professor Yasufumi Kuroda shows a website with Ukrainian math video content in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on April 27, 2022. (Mainichi/Norikazu Chiba) An educational math video ...