DC parents get hands-on look at how kids learn math, as city receives multimillion-dollar donation

During D.C. Public Schools’ Family Math Night, parents got a firsthand look at how to help their students with math concepts ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.
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Math skills plummet at UC San Diego due to COVID chaos, grade inflation: report

Key Takeaways ・A UC San Diego report reveals a significant spike in freshmen requiring remedial math classes, with the need ...
FTAdviser

Non-financial misconduct: what do expanded FCA rules mean for non-banks

As Britain braces for flu season, the Financial Conduct Authority is tackling a different kind of contagion: non-financial misconduct, and the culture that enables it to propagate. Emily Sheppard, the ...
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When to keep Pure Maths in the equation and when to change to Maths Lit

As we near the end of the year, high school students (and their parents) will be debating whether to continue with Pure Maths, or make the change to Maths Literacy.imageWhile Pure Maths will pave the ...
The New York Times

Russia-Ukraine War

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Britain hosted a meeting of European leaders to ...
PBS

April 16, 1897: T. Roosevelt Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy

In 1897, President McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt's enthusiastic support for intervention--he once said, "I should welcome almost ...