Dr. Marlene Tromp, President, Boise State University: Mark Becker, the president of the APLU, was in town to recognize Boise State for having the greatest student success program in the country this ...

America’s students continue to struggle in mathematics. The reasons are multifarious and sometimes elusive, but our recent research suggests the difficulties may have less to do with the math itself ...

Taxes are going up. Debt is skyrocketing. Priorities are out of whack. The government is rounding up citizens. And what are the parties doing? Gerrymandering for power. What is the president doing?

Republican Rep. Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma was taken to task at a Tuesday town hall meeting over his party’s policies. Continuing the theme of Republican politicians being blindsided by their ...

Thinking of getting an electric vehicle? The federal government’s $7,500 subsidy expires at the end of September. (Though you might not need a subsidy to make the math work.) E.V.s tend to be pricier ...

Terence Tao, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, who is often called the “Mozart of Math,” would rather not talk politics. “I do scientific research,” Tao said. “I vote, I sign a petition, but ...

Sometimes a lie repeated becomes the truth; and the truth hidden becomes a lie. DPP followers must look in the mirror and ask: where is the lie? Let’s talk numbers, not emotions. The DPP’s backbone ...

When you’re on vacation, your hard-earned dollars sometimes feel like “Monopoly” money ― especially if you’re dealing with cash in an unfamiliar currency. Then there’s the inescapable temptation of ...

The return of school has us focused on education, and with that in mind we believe it’s worth weighing in on two major changes in the way the state of Illinois measures proficiency in reading, math ...

Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107 and — wait for it — 47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If you’re stumped, you’re not alone. These are the first five busy ...