Research shows that when boys and girls as old as 10 do math, their patterns of brain activity are indistinguishable. The finding is the latest challenge to the idea that math is harder for girls.

WASHINGTON — If Rep. Paul Ryan wants people to take his budget manifestos seriously, he should be honest about his ambition: not so much to make the federal government fiscally sustainable as to make ...

Students of Assumption Academy in Broadview Heights participated in the annual St. Jude Math-a-thon to benefit the children of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. This year students raised $8,439 ...

World Math Day on March 5 brought hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world together through the Internet to solve math problems. At Assumption BVM Catholic School in West Grove, every ...

Math is a field that is dominated by men, yet young boys and girls seem to be no different in math ability. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study comparing the brain activity of boys and girls ...

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