Your June 28 editorial on math education (“The ‘Why’ of Math”) certainly hit one nail on the head: This country is in serious need of math teachers with solid math training. It’s not enough to have ...

Anyone who’s taken classes in geometry, algebra, trigonometry or other advanced math forms has certainly encountered the graphing calculator before. These multi-function devices make incredibly ...

If Eli Luberoff had his way, no student would need to buy handheld graphing calculators. For nearly a decade, the founder and CEO of Desmos has been building a free alternative that works on web ...

The Smarter Balanced test group announced today that it has partnered with Desmos, a company that created a free online graphing calculator that is giving Texas Instruments a run for its money. As of ...

AUSTIN — Texas school children should not use calculators until they learn to work through math problems the old-fashioned way — on paper, State Board of Education members said Thursday. The board ...

in many math and science classrooms, calculators play a central role in lesson plans and are even allowed to be used during tests. —Unsplash photo If you remember your teachers and parents telling you ...

Young people these days live most of their lives online, so why shouldn’t they be plotting graphs and performing advanced calculations there as well? For the first time this spring, students taking ...

When you hear the word calculator, I bet your mind immediately goes to math class and solving problems that can’t be solved efficiently in your head or on paper. While calculators are traditionally ...