Math becomes more of a story, not just like Genesis, but also like the narrative of how everything gets built up from the big bang in physics. And who doesn’t love a story, as they say.

A Brief History of the ‘Math Wars’ January 22, 2003 1 min read 1989 The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics releases “Currisulum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics.” ...

By the 1970s, young children started learning math from electronic devices, such as “Little Professor,” a toy marketed by Texas Instruments in the late 1970s and on view at the museum.

How is math education different now from, say, in President Abraham Lincoln’s day? A new online exhibition sheds light on math’s long history. The exhibition is a collaboration between the ...