NEWBURYPORT, Mass. -- What was supposed to be just another problem to solve for a freshman math class has turned into a controversy after a teacher used the Sept. 11 attacks as a word problem on a ...

Almost three-quarters of high school students think that they can be good at math if they work hard, but fewer say they follow through with that effort when the work gets challenging, according to a ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...

NEWBURYPORT (CBS) – What was supposed to be just another problem to solve for a freshman math class has turned into a controversy after a teacher used the September 11 attacks as a word problem on a ...