College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

ALBANY, Ore. – It’s 7:15 on a Monday morning in May at Linn-Benton Community College in northwestern Oregon. Math professor Michael Lopez, a tape measure on his belt, paces in front of the 14 students ...

Five states — Georgia, California, Tennessee, Utah and Oregon — have better aligned high school and college math courses in recent years, with measurable results, according to an equity-focused ...

A couple of years ago, Kelly Spoon decided to experiment with her assessment practices. A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Is this a picture of something bad, or something good? Cognitive scientists call this the global-local processing dilemma: Do we perceive the overall image, or focus on the details? Education policy ...

If your student intends to go to college, it’s important that they take the right math curriculum during high school. Beth Meier of the Barrington Huntington Learning Center says that students should ...

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...

Introduction: The information presented here is intended to describe the course goals for current and prospective students as well as others who are interested in our courses. It is not intended to ...