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Our Schools Have a Problem: Textbook Math Doesn’t Help in Real Life — and Vice Versa

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...
EdSurge

Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...
kcra.com

Kids get a real-life lesson in math from Placer County Sheriff's Office

ADVISED. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SOME STUDENTS IN PLACER COUNTY ARE GETTING AN EYE OPENING ANSWER TO A QUESTION. SOME OF US MAY HAVE EVEN ASKED WHEN WE WERE KIDS. THAT ...
Inside Higher Ed

Young People See Math Skills as Nonessential. How Can Higher Ed Help?

Higher education stakeholders have noted that math anxiety can hold students back from pursuing some disciplines or major programs, but a new analysis from Gallup finds that young Americans over all ...
CNN

Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Trees depicted in ...
GeekWire

Seattle’s traveling math magician on why problem-solving matters more than ever in the age of AI

Jenny Quinn, executive director of the Seattle Universal Math Museum, shows off a solved Fibonacci sequence puzzle. (GeekWire Photo / Maddie Stoll) Jenny Quinn travels with math in her backpack. She ...
Polygon

‘Outside In’ makes a complex math concept fun and approachable

When it comes to good YouTube videos, I’m biased in favor of content made explicitly for the platform: media critiques, long-form investigations, and pointless tests of human endurance. “Outside In” ...