NC is redesigning school math and reading standards. But lawmakers want their say.
The State Department of Public Instruction is developing new math and reading standards. State lawmakers may create an ...
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Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Spinning Needle Puzzle
For a long time, the Kakeya conjecture, which involves rotating an infinitely narrow needle, kept mathematicians ...
How did the U.S. calculate reciprocal tariff rates, and why are economists baffled?
Dive into the formula used by the U.S. to calculate its reciprocal tariff rates, and see what economists are saying.
Dark energy may not be constant—this discovery could undermine our entire model of cosmological history
The great Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Lev Landau once remarked that "cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt." In studying the history of the universe itself, there is always a ...
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Florida Senate bill would change high school graduation, third grade reading test rules
Florida Senate Bill 166 would end the requirement that students pass the Algebra 1 and English/language arts assessments in ...
UPSC rank holder, who failed to qualify for exam in her 1st attempt, shares how a backup plan helped her get All India Rank 3
Securing the third rank in the 2024 IES Examination, Aahana Srishti highlights the importance of having a Plan B for civil ...
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Club makes math fun with heaping helpings of Pi (the math constant) and pie (a tasty dessert)
The Math and Stats Club threw a party.  You guessed it, they served up plenty of Pi — both the mathematical and the dessert kind. Organized to make math fun, the club hosted its annual Pi Day ...