Middle school teachers are now forced to assume multiplicative thinking is secure so they can dive into ratios and algebra.

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Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

I’m a new principal investigator (PI) with my own laboratory at a prestigious university. The PhD students who make it into our programme have already achieved a lot academically. But, sometimes, that ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

The Federal Reserve is typically viewed as a calming force for the stock market, with the central bank's goals being to maximize employment and stabilize prices. Jerome Powell's term as Fed chair is ...

Imagine you are a member of an emergency response team for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Water levels are rising as the planet heats up. Action is needed to protect the ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

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Polls show many young voters favor socialism amid economic frustrations. Government subsidies and rules distort markets and raise prices in housing and education. Teach capitalism via programs like ...

When Mike Kenny was a fifth-grade teacher in Essex Junction, he learned early in his career that the traditional way to teach math, which includes repetitive practice of math problems, did not work ...