The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has proposed that school pupils should continue learning maths until 18 in order to obtain the numeracy skills needed in careers and everyday adult life. This proposal ...

I got an email this afternoon from a reader who is interested in learning mathematics -- as an adult, post-college. The reader has an advanced degree in a humanities discipline and never studied ...

Adults who are anxious about math have more difficulty doing even basic operations, such as counting six squares on a computer screen, than people who do not dread calculating a tip or the amount they ...

Numeracy in adult education encompasses the skills, dispositions and social practices that enable adults to engage effectively with quantitative information across everyday contexts. It extends beyond ...

Commentator Lori Gottlieb tried to join a math club made up of fellow TV writers, but she found that she was in over her head. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE ...