A detail of the Mandelbrot set, a fractal named after Benoit Mandelbrot, the French mathematician who investigated it in the 1970s. If you were to zoom in at any point on the intricate, wiggly line, ...

The Everyday Math curriculum has been rejected in the state of Texas. I’ve blogged about Everyday Math and how it attempts to A. If math were a color, it would be --, because --. B. If it were a food, ...

In Photo: Marcus at 5 playing Math Bingo with the abacus my grandmother gave him and Global Art helps develop creativity among its students. LAST week I shared my preference for art-infused learning.

Those of us who grew up coloring remember the cardinal rule: stay inside the lines. But those who pick up the Patterns of the Universe coloring book have to stay in the sines (and cosines and tangents ...

The good news is that the number of American teens who excel in math is increasing. The bad news is that the growing ecosystem of high school math enthusiasts lacks students of color. The largely ...

AMES, Iowa – The National Science Foundation has announced a grant for an Iowa State University-led initiative designed to provide a network of support for students of color interested in mathematics.

Imagine you're a mapmaker, ready to finish your masterpiece map of the world. The only thing left to do is add the colors. But how many colors do you need for the countries if you want to make sure no ...