The Aspen School District will host a screening of the documentary “Counted Out” next week to encourage students to engage with math outside of the classroom. The documentary explores civil rights, ...

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our ...

I’ve heard folks say the math they studied in school has no relevance in real life. I’d probably say that about bookkeeping, even though I enjoyed the course. I understand why people think their ...

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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 ...

I teach a class on the psychology of forgiveness to undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This past week saw a spirited debate when I asked this to the class: Suppose we are in an ...