In the past decade, most countries have seen either stagnant or declining rates of literacy, according to the international nonprofit Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 20203 ...

A growing number of apprentices lack basic maths skills, raising concerns about workforce readiness, financial understanding, ...

Results from the trial literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education students are in. The tests were sat by 5,000 volunteers across the country, with 92% passing in literacy and 90% in the ...

If you've imagined that poor numeracy among children and adults is a new phenomenon, then consider these comments made in 1925 by the Board of Education: "Accuracy in the manipulation of figures does ...

New research finds links between certain math skills in young children and specific numerical activities undertaken at home with parents. The study also finds that the more parents engage in ...

As you may remember from your own (in)glorious youth, most university students are required to take a statistics course even if they hate math and aren’t in a particularly numbers-heavy major. Ellen ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you a numbers person? Britain’s inaugural National Numeracy Day next week has been set up with the aim of ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A plan some lawmakers are calling essential to bring up student math scores now has our governor’s signature. Governor Ivey signed the Numeracy Act into law Tuesday. It ...

Adults are being urged to improve their maths as experts claim poor numeracy costs the economy more than £20billion a year. Inability to cope with numbers results in lower wages, smaller company ...

Employers are being asked to help workers boost their numeracy skills amid fears that poor maths is blighting Britain's economic performance. The charity, National Numeracy, plans to reach a million ...