10 stories tagged math-education, newest first.
38 points by abdullahalharir | 2 comments
GitHub repository for Penmentor, an open-source AI mentor that reads handwritten math and marks it up like a teacher using Claude, Codex, or Antigravity.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/18/cd65365e-6f6d-4b41-be70-e0902d2707dc.jpg)
521 points by mdp2021 | 728 comments
A 3Blue1Brown YouTube video arguing there has never been a better time to go into mathematics, discussing AI's role in math.
16 points by speckx | 14 comments
Blog post on Nisheeth Vishnoi's site 'Algorithms, Nature, and Society' asking who taught AI systems mathematics, illustrated with handwritten graph theory notes.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Math's pedagogical curse – Grant Sanderson [video] (2023)](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/4/0ece93c4-08a4-4a65-a31b-97d586312ec1.jpg)
62 points by bobajeff | 30 comments
YouTube video of Grant Sanderson's JPBM Communications Award lecture at the 2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings, titled "Math's pedagogical curse."
43 points by thanouil1411 | 20 comments
Landing page for Lathoa, a math app for kids aged 10-14 where an AI companion named Errol makes deliberate mistakes for children to find and explain.
108 points by signa11 | 22 comments
Mathigon page on mathematical origami, showing how to fold Platonic solids and other polyhedra with 3D models and explanations.
358 points by srcreigh | 461 comments
Guest post by Amit Sahai on Terence Tao's blog arguing that the world will need many more mathematicians, reflecting on students who left math due to pace.
596 points by brandonb | 794 comments
LA Times article reporting that University of California faculty, citing severe math deficits, are demanding a return to SAT requirements for STEM applicants.
328 points by akantler | 592 comments
Chalkbeat article reporting that U.S. student math scores declined on the TIMSS international assessment, released December 2024.
526 points by bankershill | 485 comments
Noah Smith's Noahpinion essay arguing that eliminating or delaying advanced math instruction in public schools will not improve educational equity.