President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...

This simplifies the task of programming and increases the accuracy of calculations. When used in a system that includes a hardware floating-point math unit, this can be a very powerful feature.

Transforming math education. The UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education, or C-STEM, program aims to transform K-12 math, computer science and STEAM (science, technology, ...

Math, I think, is one of those subjects that helps prepare you for many different kinds of careers, from programming to business and even to the arts. You never go wrong taking a lot of math, in ...

Of course, not everyone is excited about the changes. Most notably, comedian Louis C.K. weighed in against the new approach to math instruction last year. At "Math Night," a few parents also ...

Thus, San Francisco Unified developed a new math course sequence that gave broader access to grade-level mathematics courses to students like Veronica. Now all students in the district take Common ...