What is it like being a mathematician?
Why Mathematical Proof Is a Social Compact | Quanta Magazine
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Number theorist Andrew Granville on what mathematics really is — and why objectivity is never quite within reach.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Teachers are being stretched to the breaking:
Across the country, many teachers feel a growing disrespect as school year begins
In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’
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Educators report being threatened and attacked by students and, in some cases, their parents. Elsewhere, they worry about censorship.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
It is wonderful for students to be competitive on the playing field. In their math and science studies, it is more important that they cultivate interpersonal and collaborative skills.
Opinion | Forget independence. Teach your kids this instead.
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Many parents believe they should raise self-reliant kids. But we should really be teaching a more profound lesson.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Summer time is a great time for students to develop a personal reading habit. Finding excellent books a student will love can be a challenge. These book recommendation apps may help.
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Finding the perfect book is magic. Find the best book recommendation apps to fill your shelves in this list!0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Amidst a crisis in math education, California reforms spark controversy.
California Adopts Controversial New Math Framework. Here's What's In It
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Hundreds of comments influenced revisions to the document, which will shape math in the largest state—as well as materials used nationwide.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
If you haven't been talking to your students about the Euclid telescope launch, you should.
Euclid telescope lifts off in search of the secrets of dark universe
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European Space Agency mission launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida to shed light on dark energy and dark matter0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Student math skills are not recovering from the pandemic.
American Kids' Math Ability Has Gone Backward by Decades
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American 13-year-olds continue to struggle academically in the wake of the pandemic, especially in mathematics, according to official data out Wednesday.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Standardized math and reading test scores plunge, with no sign of pandemic recovery
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National test scores plunge, with still no sign of pandemic recovery
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Student scores released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress show the single largest drop in math in 50 years.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
a new telescope will investigate dark energy and dark matter:
Scientists hope Euclid telescope will reveal mysteries of dark matter
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European space probe will capture images that will provide insights about what the universe is made of0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
A simple yet compelling film about trigonometric functions, their identities and hints as to the origins of their names. Hat tip to Doug Wagoner for sharing!
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Cell phones are an enormous problem for today's teens.
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They impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging. They should be banned.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Detecting AI may be impossible. That’s a big problem for teachers and students.
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Analysis | Detecting AI may be impossible. That’s a big problem for teachers.
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Turnitin has acknowledged a reliability problem with Ai cheating-detection software used on 38 million student papers.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Limiting teens’ social media feels impossible. But we have to try.
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Limiting teens’ social media feels impossible. But we have to try.
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued an advisory that says what most parents have long known: Social media is hurting our kids. What do we do about it?0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
In math education, there is a recurring debate: the reformists versus the traditionalists.
California’s New Math Framework Doesn’t Add Up
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It would place Golden State 6th graders years behind the rest of the world—and could eventually skew education in the rest of the U.S., too0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
School enrollments are down and resources are drying up.
Enrollment in US schools hasn’t bounced back since pandemic, data shows
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Lost students, dwindling relief funds and a juggernaut of new schooling options could portend layoffs and school closures0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
To cell phones distract students, or something worse?
Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough.
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Administrators see them as an intensifying distraction — or, worse, a tax on students’ mental health.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Nationwide, teens are in a mental health crisis. Girls are especially at risk.
Opinion | America’s teens are in crisis. States are racing to respond.
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Governors across the ideological spectrum are surging resources into expanding access to mental health care for students who desperately need it.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
The four-color problem is delightfully easier to understand but took a computer 1,000 hours to prove.
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The four-color problem is simple to explain, but its complex proof continues to be both celebrated and despised.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Numbers too large to comprehend:
The numbers that are too big to imagine
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When you move beyond trillions, there are some extremely mind-bending numbers, says Richard Fisher. Some of them are too large to fit in the mind – or indeed the visible Universe.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
If we don't support teachers, they can't support our students.
US teachers grapple with a growing housing crisis: ‘We can’t afford rent’
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Educators are struggling with pay disparities and a widening housing and cost-of-living crisis0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
The early history of computer programming was dominated by women. In 1984, something changed. Female participation in the field flatlined and then plunged. Why!? NPR explores this mystery.
When women stopped coding (Classic) : Planet Money
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A lot of computing pioneers were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed.Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org...0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Higher education in America largely runs on exploiting the people who actually do the teaching. I have witnessed and suffered from the system firsthand.
Closed labs, cancelled classes: inside the largest strike to hit US higher education
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University of California campuses come to a standstill as 48,000 student workers strike for better pay0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Data science, at the cutting edge of metrology:
The world generates so much data that new unit measurements were created to keep up
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The mass of the Earth can now be measured as 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. An electron's mass can now be said to be about 1 rontogram rather than 0.001 yoctograms.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Orion has entered a lunar orbit.
Nasa’s Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit as test flight nears halfway mark
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Nasa considers capsule’s flight a dress rehearsal for the next moon flyby in 2024, with astronauts0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Higher education is hurtling towards a demographic cliff. Everyone will be impacted.
The incredible shrinking future of college
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Artemis I will attempt a night launch early in the morning on November 14th.
NASA Sets Coverage for Artemis I Moon Mission Launch
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NASA is targeting Monday, Nov. 14, for the launch of the Artemis I Moon mission during a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
A fascinating, inspirational video about one of the Solar System's dwarf planets. Worth sharing with students.
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COVID has been devastating for student learning, especially in mathematics.
U.S. student test results show toll of pandemic lockdowns on learning
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U.S. students have suffered historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels since before the COVID-19 pandemic, national exam results released on Monday showed, ...0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
Mark your calendar!
NASA has a new launch date for its Artemis I megarocket
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After two failed launch attempts, NASA will try again on the 27th.0 CommentsLike or Comment on Facebook
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