Mathematics

José Martínez Hinestroza received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how bilingual students in bilingual classrooms learn math. He discusses how elementary students have used their language to learn mathematical concepts and what he hopes future teachers take from his research.

Assistant Professor José Martinez Hinestroza will research the ways bilingual elementary students participate in math class.

The law requires school districts to automatically enroll fifth graders with high state standardized math test scores in advanced math in middle school. The measure had bipartisan support and sailed through the Texas Legislature.

Heading into national swimming championships, the University of Virginia relies on a mathematician, cameras and sensors to help each swimmer perform their best.

For the first time since 1994, six American teens won the International Mathematical Olympiad.

The Nobel Prize winner, who struggled with schizophrenia and was portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 2001 film , died with his wife in a taxi on the New Jersey Turnpike, officials say. He was 86.