German Mathematician Wins Abel Prize for Number Theory Work

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

Chennai: Metro Delay, NDA Seat Deal Talks, CBI Summons Vijay In Stampede Probe And More.

Here are the major updates from Chennai today — covering civic updates, traffic and metro alerts, weather conditions, and key political and administrative developments. Watch the full video to stay ...
WSMV

Rutherford County middle schoolers accused of threatening to bring gun to school, ‘shoot up math class’ in separate incidents

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two Rutherford County middle schoolers are facing charges following separate incidents involving threats made in mid-February. Both of the incidents occurred on Thursday, ...
Times of San Diego

California, four other states praised for aligning high school and college math

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...
The New York Times

Smaller Classes: Mamdani Does the Math

The mayor would need $700 million for teachers to reduce class sizes in line with a state mandate. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at what it will take to reduce class ...
WAFF

New bill could give Alabama students an easier path to college credits

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Your son or daughter may soon have an easier time earning college credits in high school. A new bill, if voted into law, would automatically enroll students who are ...
The Clarion-Ledger

First reading, now math. MS senator wants to repeat 'Mississippi miracle'

Mississippi senators have passed the "Mississippi Math Act" to reform elementary school math education. The bill proposes placing math coaches in schools and implementing early screening for students.
The Conversation

Increasing math scores: Why Ontario needs early numeracy screening

Michael Slipenkyj is partly supported by a Mitacs internship with Vretta Inc., a Canadian educational technology company. Heather P. Douglas has developed an early numeracy screener that is being used ...
KQED

To Boost Math, Schools Try Having Young Children Change Classes for the Subject

BATON ROUGE, La. — About two dozen second graders sat on the carpet at the front of Jacquelyn Anthony’s classroom, reviewing how to make tens. “Two needs eight!” the students yelled out together. “Six ...
The Hechinger Report

Talk nerdy to me: Teachers who use math vocabulary help students do better in math

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Students, parents ...
Oregonian

Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests it’s working

The seventh graders in Maddie Hines’ project-based math class in North Portland are learning all about how to run sophisticated experiments where they come up with a hypothesis, test it out using the ...