HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A mental math system developed in the 1800's is helping some local students ace standardized tests and win math competitions. But the method isn't taught in most Houston schools.

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math ...

Microsoft Excel's templates, automated formulas, and functions can simplify complex math tasks. Modern tech aids like Copilot can handle complex math operations, but knowing how they work will help ...

Barbara Oakley flunked her way through high school math and science courses and didn’t start studying the subjects seriously until her mid-20s. Now, she is a professor of engineering at Oakland ...

As a youngster, Daniel Ansari was just an “OK” math student. Now a cognitive neuroscientist, he is a whiz at researching why some students excel at mathematics while others do not. Ansari, a Western ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jessica Baron is a tech ethicist and a freelance writer and editor. Beyond the argument that education should be designed to ...