A humanities faculty member and a math faculty member collaborate on a course about the meaning of math. "Don't worry;"…
Sal Khan has done something remarkable in creating such a vast and varied library, and he deserves to be recognized.…
Why don't states require students to take four years of English and math, and three or four years of science?…
A certificate of debt, found in a regional archive, attests that Mittenwalde lent Berlin 400 guilders on May 28 1562,…
Interesting application of math to sports. In analyzing teams’ shot quality, shot rates and shot percentages, Skinner found that the…
Some people have taken in The Code passively, by simply watching the broadcast episodes; some have played the Flash games…
Yesterday, my eight-year-old said, "I don't like math, but I'm good at it." This is a huge improvement from the…
My son has finally found a math textbook he enjoys. A few years ago, he was happy to play Timez…
After hearing that the 16th-century astronomer Copernicus was to be reburied with honors in a Polish ceremony, I checked the…
I can't say I understand, but someone invented every symbol and bit of notation that we use from emoticons to…
My sixth-grader has scored very well on standardized tests for math, but he finds a blank page of math problems…
Great stuff from Mark Marino... not only is the content fascinating, but the blog-sized presentation, for discusison, of a fundamental…
I'm gearing up to introduce my journalism students to a news project that requires a basic knowledge of math. I…