All students who are studying math bring up similar questions: ‘We probably won’t need it in life’. If you analyze the graduation statistics, they’re right. Only a small fraction of them will use math ...
What prompted the idea for the course? I have always enjoyed writing poetry. As a high school mathematics teacher, I recall telling my students that everything is and can be connected to math, even ...
With declining U.S. student math scores, our schools would be wise to adopt a new formula that is sure to paint a prettier picture for the country’s STEM rankings. Combining math and art classes may ...
You might have in a way cursed the man that invented Mathematics because he caused the only problem you're facing at school. However, some students are so brilliant that they never had any issue with ...
And it’s a reason turnover among math teachers, especially in larger districts, is so high. They get no respect! Districts do very little to empower teachers and give them the dynamic tools they need ...
In a new video, mathematician Presh Talwalker of the YouTube channel Mind Your Decisions poses a particularly tough math problem. You love challenging math problems. So do we. Let's solve them ...
American students struggle in math. The latest results of an international exam given to teenagers ranked the USA ninth in reading and 31st in math literacy out of 79 countries and economies. America ...
Millions of K-12 students across the country believe that mathematics is a sadistic discipline—(I should know, I was one of them)—but a new "social justice" training module aims to persuade teachers ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year's curriculum, citing references to critical race ...