Math

Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?

National assessment data show sustained declines in math and reading since 2012, with pandemic learning loss, chronic absenteeism, and staffing shortages identified as major factors.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A student taking an exam
A general view of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, November 15, 2025.

Great Pyramid of Giza was built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps, new study claims

Roig’s model found that using a single ramp would have been insufficient and would have required nearly half a century of construction to reach the pyramid’s completion. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
“ridiculous mathematical traps in modern casino welcome bonuses”

The "math trap" of the modern welcome bonus

|ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ
HAREDI YESHIVA students

High Court: Israeli gov't must explain why it funds haredi schools without core studies

The order, issued in a petition filed by Hiddush, demands that the Education and Finance ministries explain why state funding is not conditioned on the teaching of core-curriculum subjects.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Alex Lubotzky wins Israel Prize for math, computers

The prize committee wrote that Prof. Lubotzky is one of the world’s leading researchers in group theory.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Hebrew University campus

International Mathematical Olympiad to pick winners at Ariel University

The mathematics competition will conclude on Wednesday.

OCTOBER 17, 2017ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Participants in Ariel University’s annual Mathematics Olympiad pose at the school in Samaria this week.