HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center ...

When it comes to teaching math and science, is the grass always greener across the Pacific Ocean? “I'm working with educators to help prevent students from hating math before they even know what it is ...

Parents with school-aged children, and especially those whose kids show strong interest in mathematics and science, received some welcome news earlier this week when an international survey showed ...

When it comes to math, students in the United States have trailed their counterparts in Japan on tests of international competition for so long that closing the gap seems utterly hopeless. For example ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last month, a national cry of alarm greeted the announcement by the Organization for ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

Officials recently released the results of a quadrennial global study on math and science education for young children, intended primarily to measure their basic scholastic ability in those subjects.

I recently visited two large bookstores in Tokyo, Japan, to cover the local math culture, and I couldn't help but be amazed. While bookstores in Korea have at most two or three shelves for math books, ...

Japan may soon open its gates to Indian primary school teachers specialising in mathematics as they believe that Indians are the best in the world when it comes to teaching this subject. Japan may ...