In a typical third-grade classroom in the Ravenswood City School District, just one in every eight students is able to read proficiently for their grade level. Ravenswood Classroom Partners is working ...
In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...
Dan Look is the first person to admit he’s not 100% sure who makes up the audience for his new book. It’s called “Math Cats,” and while there’s something in it for cat lovers or mathematicians, no one ...
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Noah Giansiracusa says that his new book, “Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life” (Riverhead), was inspired by many sources. One was fellow mathematician Jordan Ellenberg ...
Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and even calculus? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Rick: Your recent book draws on what you’ve learned about math while building Zearn. So, let’s start with: What is Zearn? Shalinee: Numeracy is one of the best predictors of a child’s success. Yet, it ...
The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.
If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The actress and mathematician says her latest release, out this fall, is all about “creating a happy, safe association with numbers” for ...
MANILA, Philippines — After removing the senior citizens’ purchase booklet requirement on their 20-percent discount for medicines, former senator Francis Pangilinan has urged the government to do the ...
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:42 p.m.) — Senior citizens no longer need to present their purchase booklets at pharmacies to avail of the 20% discount on medicines, the Department of Health (DOH) ...
Galileo once famously described the universe as a great book “written in mathematical language and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures.” Unfortunately, it’s a language ...