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, ...

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 ...

When teams of Georgia educators met to discuss how best to revise math education in their state, they agreed to look east for inspiration—the Far East, that is. Obscured by all the debate over the ...

A new book examines math study in four nations that are receiving lots of attention for their education systems these days: China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore. “Math Curriculum in the Pacific Rim” is ...

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, July 14 (Jiji Press)--The average correct answer rates in Japanese language and math sections of a national achievement test for students in Japan in fiscal 2025 fell from the previous year, ...

New York students trail their counterparts in several Asian countries and Russia on math tests — and their competitiveness on science exams is even worse. A recent report by the US government’s ...

SAGAMIHARA FAMILY HOUSING AREA, Japan — Young grocery shoppers, with worksheets and measuring tapes in hand, packed this base’s commissary Wednesday evening to apply their classroom knowledge to a ...

GungHo's Nakamura Toru kanshuu Indo-shiki Keisan Drill (Indian Style Calculation Drills Supervised by Toru Nakamura) improves calculation speed and skills with special techniques and shortcuts. You ...