Though the division between literacy and math is commonly reflected in the division between the arts and sciences, the findings suggest that reading, writing and arithmetic, the foundational skills ...

Math literacy, however, is not as emphasized. "You need both skills throughout your life. You need to read, but you also need to make budgets, pay your bills and manage medication schedules," she ...

Math is, by definition, a subject about numbers. But at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics this week, math educators said the subject has its own language, too—and knowing how to ...

A few years after the state began to push schools to adopt a new, systematic way to teach kids how to read, Louisiana education officials want to try a similar “back-to-basics" approach to math ...

Teenagers in rich countries lack the financial literacy and maths skills needed to prepare them for the digital economy, according to an OECD report. Despite growing numbers opening bank accounts ...