The Latest Breaking News from Math

Post-pandemic, some educators are trying to reengage students with technology – like videos, computer gaming or artificial intelligence, just to name a few. But integrating these approaches in the classroom can be an uphill battle. Teachers using these tools often struggle to retain students’ attention, competing with the latest social…

Test results have gone up since the pandemic in both subjects, but math scores are still below 2019 levels and about half of Texas students read below the level appropriate for most children in their grade.

The California math-rock dynamos write songs that are “simultaneously challenging, creative, and audibly pleasing – or shocking”: Aric Garcia and Shane Gann explain how their Double Dragon-inspired guitar tag team gives Hail the Sun a six-string approach like no other

Viral trend follows on from Girl Dinner and Barbie

The model of democracy in the 1920s is sometimes called “the melting pot” – the dissolution of different cultures into an American soup. An update for the 2020s might be “open source,” where cultural mixing, sharing and collaborating can build bridges between people rather than create divides.

In math class, you probably learned how to compute the area of lots of different shapes by memorizing algebraic formulas. Remember “base x height” for rectangles and “½ base x height” for triangles? Or “𝜋 x radius²” for circles?

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

There is a scene in the film Incredibles 2 where young Dash asks his dad Bob for help with his maths homework. Bob obliges and begins to scribble on a notepad. But Dash quickly points to his textbook and says, “that’s not the way you’re supposed to do it, Dad”.

Let’s consider a couple of scenarios where it might make more sense to opt into your Social Security benefits sooner rather than later.

Even though x is one of the least-used letters in the English alphabet, it appears throughout American culture – from Stan Lee’s X-Men superheroes to “The X-Files” TV series. The letter x often symbolizes something unknown, with an air of mystery that can be appealing – just look at Elon…

Desmos is a math teaching tool that uses graphing to create advanced visuals.