New research by psychologists at the University of Sheffield highlights the crucial role executive functions play in early maths. The Orchestrating Numeracy and the Executive programme (The ONE) is to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Not bad, but must try harder is probably how UK prime minister Rishi Sunak reads the country’s mathematics ...

For many parents, helping with maths homework can feel a little daunting. The good news is that supporting your child with ...

Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from using their hands when learning maths. But a new research article shows using ...

Mathematics -- it's the subject some kids love to hate. Yet despite its lack of popularity, mathematics is critical for a STEM-capable workforce and vital for current and future productivity. New ...

Kinga Morsanyi received funding from the Royal Society to carry out this research. Carlo Tomasetto received funding from The Royal Society to carry out this research. Paddy O'Connor and Veronica ...

Julie has been helping her daughter find new ways to learn maths Families in south-east England are calling for more support for children with a learning difficulty that affects numeracy. About 6% of ...

Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade are aged 15 years.

The state of basic education across Africa remains critically challenging, underscored by the sobering finding in the Unesco Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report that only about “one in 10 ...