STAMFORD — A year ago, when Katy Myers started researching the possibility of a “math circle” in Fairfield County, she didn’t know if it would be popular—but it was something she knew she needed to do ...

I had never heard the term, “math circle,” until a few weeks ago when I stumbled across an article in The Atlantic about the growing number of American kids excelling in the highest levels of math. It ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? In Part One, Beth Kobett, Jill Henry, Avery Zachery, Cindy Garcia, Molly ...

Children should be taught magic tricks in schools to boost their confidence and self-discipline, researchers say. A study found that an hour lesson at a 'magic school' did more good for a group of 10 ...