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Reading and math scores dropped during pandemic, rolling back years of progress.

A special assessment of 9-year-olds shows how student achievement suffered during the pandemic.

USAFacts

'I talked to this guy Jerry Rice today, is he a big deal?' Meet the non-football fan who wrote an entire book on the sport

A self-described science evangelist, Ainissa Ramirez is on a mission to make science less intimidating and more accessible by revealing how ingrained it is in our everyday lives, whether you’re a math lover or a football fan.

Tribune News Service

How one Ancient Greek thinker revolutionized math — and possibly started a cult

Most people don’t remember math class, but they do remember Pythagoras. Now, more than 2,500 years after his time, we dive into his hidden history as a possible cult leader.

Inverse

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When religion replaces real education

Here's the GOP endgame: Tax-funded schools that teach religion and propaganda, but not literacy, math or history

Salon

Educators can help make STEM fields diverse – over 25 years, I've identified nudges that can encourage students to stay

Jen, a student I taught early in my career, stood head-and-shoulders above her peers academically. I learned she had started off as an engineering major but switched over to psychology. I was surprised and curious.

The Conversation

Jay Ambrose: Please, please fix our schools

Oh no, please, say it isn’t true. But yes, of course it is, and it’s not exactly a surprise. We have had a report, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, showing that students in our schools are faring egregiously worse in reading and math than before COVID-19 interference, with two…

Tribune News Service

Belagavi | Lingayat seer from Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar Mutt found dead

Sri Basava Siddalinga Swami was found dead in his quarters by his devotees in the early hours of September 5

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Opinion: You may be doing basic math entirely wrong

Opinion: A viral math equation recently stumped the internet. But your answer to the problem may reveal a bigger issue with math as a whole.

Inverse

Kids’ math and reading scores dropped during the pandemic: national test data

Math and reading test scores for elementary students fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, newly-released national standardized testing data shows.

Tribune News Service

Reading and math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

The findings offer an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children during the first two years of the pandemic.

WEKU

National test scores fall to lowest levels in decades

"Students in 2022 are performing at a level last seen two decades ago."

Axios

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

A new national study finds math and reading scores for America's 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of two years of learning disruptions

The Independent UK

Students perceive themselves as a 'math person' or a 'reading person' early on – and this can impact the choices they make throughout their lives

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

The simple reason a viral math equation stumped the internet

For about a decade now, mathematicians and mathematics educators have been weighing in on a particular debate rooted in school mathematics that shows no signs of abating.

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A car-less math teacher commutes four hours. Surprise! Look what his students gave him

LOS ANGELES — Math teacher Julio Castro thought he was late to the party when he walked in near the end of a faculty-appreciation assembly at YULA Boys High School. He wished he could have dropped his name into the raffle box.

The Hindu

Love of maths earns Alappuzha native Guinness World Records title

Vivek Raj memorised a 28-digit number in four seconds

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Shakespeare, mathematics and the monkey who called 911

Have you heard about the monkey who called 911?

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Would forgiving student debt drive up inflation? Only if you're using lousy math

With a deadline looming in less than two weeks for President Biden to decide what to do about student debt, it shouldn't be surprising that conservatives have been agitating with increasing intensity against relief for the borrowers.

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Inverse

Aliens could move entire planets to send a math-based code to other civilizations

Planets could be stacked such that their orbits resonate in the Fibonacci sequence.

The Independent UK

'I didn't really learn anything': COVID grads face college

After the disruption of online learning, first-year college students are arriving arrive on U.S. campuses unprepared for the demands of college-level work, experts say

Chicago Sun-Times

Organizers hope weekend race of electric go-karts will power careers in math and science among young women

“I’ve definitely had guys tell me this is a boy’s thing and I really don’t need to say anything to them. I just prove them wrong,” said Isabel Loza, 17, a senior in high school and a member of the Green Galaxy racing team.

Los Angeles Times

Can Hollywood figure out Gen Z? This summer's movies are a major test

LOS ANGELES — Here's a Hollywood math problem for you: Feature filmmaking as we know it is well over 100 years old. Members of Generation Z, defined by Pew Research Center as those born between 1997 and 2012, are now between 10 and 25. How long will it take the…

Tribune News Service

Sisters describe sex abuse at Raleigh school. Did headmaster aid and abet?

A 14-year-old student was in a building known as the pottery shack at the Montessori School of Raleigh’s middle school campus. Also in the room was Nick Smith, a beloved and gregarious math teacher who students nicknamed “Senior.”

The Conversation

Women are better at statistics than they think

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jazz not interested in RJ Barrett

Jake Fischer: I've heard pretty consistently the Jazz don't really have much interest in trading for RJ Barrett and paying for him. Source: Apple Podcasts What's the buzz on Twitter? NBA Math @ NBA_Math NEW @HardwoodKnocks  KD (2:43)  Ranking ...

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