An analysis of data from 200,000 students using a computer-assisted math program supports an optimistic view of skill-focused ...

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You can learn a lot about a leader by the way they respond when someone brings them a problem. Do they immediately jump in with a solution? Or do they pause, ask a question and guide the team toward ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

UC San Diego’s emergence over the past 30 years as one of the world’s great universities — full of talented professors and students — has been heartening to witness for longtime residents and ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday that he had named Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano to serve in a newly created CEO role at the Internal Revenue Service, raising concerns ...

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Mets honcho David Stearns continually emphasizes the need to improve “run prevention,” which makes sense following a disastrous 2025 season, when their fielding was below average and their pitching ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...