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Tamil Nadu: Mission to make school kids read, write sans errors

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Monday launched ‘Ennum, Ezhuthum Mission’, a literacy and numeracy mission to make all children up to eight years read and write, do basic math without any mistakes.

The Times of India

Will Bunch: ‘The most relief to the most people’: Sen. Warren’s plea for wiping out $50,000 in student debt

Sen. Elizabeth Warren may have entered politics as a Harvard Law professor, but her case for a massive elimination of up to $50,000 in debt for America’s 45 million student-loan holders is deeply rooted in a different discipline: math.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ellis L. Williams: Panthers have a core under 25 they can win with and build around

The math isn’t adding up.

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When perfect math meets a broken world

As I discovered firsthand, there is no way to quantify the toll of all this gun violence — not even in a math class

Salon

‘We are changing lives.’ 12th graders laud teachers with sweet thank you letters

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dagmar Kilp was doing a math review with her fifth-grade class preparing them for annual state exams. She was trying to make it engaging for students with an “amazing math race,” but she was also feeling worn down.

Orlando Sentinel

AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won't replace human experts

A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, “Weather Prediction By Numerical Process,” Richardson tried to write an equation that he could use to solve the dynamics of…

The Conversation

Stephen A. Smith got roasted for his terrible math after Heat – Celtics Game 4

Oops.

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Your Retirement Income Should Depend on Math, Not the Market

Dividing your assets into three different buckets — safety, income and growth — can help protect you from inevitable market downturns.

Kiplinger

Gene Collier: Are the 2022 primaries America's last legit election?

Tuesday's visit to the local polling place looked refreshingly typical to me — the standard primary election math was in play (more poll workers than voters), the mode for hair color was white, and the earnest candidate advocates out front reminded me still again of that old Mitch Hedberg joke…

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Derrick White out for Game 2 due to personal reasons

John Karalis: Derrick White is out tonight due to personal reasons. Unsure what that is, but he announced that his wife was expecting back in November, so the math checks out. Source: Twitter @John_Karalis What's the buzz on Twitter? Anthony Chiang ...

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Commentary: California’s math education needs an update, but not the one proposed

California students’ math scores have lagged for years and only gotten worse during the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

The new math for tech startups

If your company needs to raise new funding within the next two years, conserving cash should trump growth.

Axios

Editorial: Florida’s book rejection frenzy has right-wing kookiness written all over it

In the deepest corners of the right wing, the belief exists that teachers, textbook writers and publishing companies are conspiring to indoctrinate children. It starts with softening students up by talking about feelings. Then, their unsuspecting minds can be shaped to believe in climate change, COVID-19 vaccines, evolution and —…

Miami Herald

Only 3 reviewers said Florida math textbooks violated 'critical race theory' rules. Yet the state rejected dozens

MIAMI — When the Florida Department of Education announced it was rejecting 54 math textbooks, it pointed to a “thorough review” process that found more than half of those books included “prohibited topics,” including critical race theory and social-emotional learning.

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The Independent UK

High inflation leaves food banks struggling to meet needs

Kendall Nunamaker and her family of five in Kennewick, Washington, faced impossible math this month: how do they pay for gas, groceries and their mortgage with inflation driving up prices

Miami Herald

Most Florida reviewers of math textbooks saw numbers, not ‘woke’ concepts, but a few did

Dozens of state reviewers found no evidence of “prohibited topics” like critical race theory and social-emotional learning in math textbooks, a partial review of nearly 6,000 pages of book examinations shows. However, a much smaller number of reviewers did find examples they disagreed with on those topics.

Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel stand by math book story despite education agency’s complaint

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work.

Chicago Sun-Times

Charles Sumner Math & Science Community Academy team wins engineering competition

“I’m in tears today,” said Laurie Stalheim, a science and math teacher at Sumner.

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Daily Mirror

Mean Girls' Caroline Krafft star looks unrecognisable 18 years after hit film

Canadian actress Clare Preuss played Marymount Prep Mathlete Caroline Krafft in the 2004 iconic coming-of-age film Mean Girls, but 18 years later even the most loyal fans might not recognise her from her latest Instagram snaps

Orlando Sentinel

Only one reviewer complained of ‘critical race theory’ in Florida math textbooks

ORLANDO, Fla. — Only one reviewer who dug into the math books publishers hoped to sell to Florida schools complained there was “critical race theory” embedded in the texts, and she was a member of the conservative Moms for Liberty group who looked at just two high school books, according…

Mic

Jeanine Pirro seriously thinks 63 million Americans get an abortion every year

Judge Jeanine needs to learn how to math good.

Ballotpedia

Florida Department of Education rejects 41% of K-12 mathematics textbooks

The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 K-12 mathematics textbooks for reasons such as the inclusion of what it deemed prohibited instructional topics and the failure to align with state education standards. The rejected textbooks made up 41% of the 132 textbooks submitted to the education department for review.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Jesus said to pray in a ‘closet,’ not on the 50-yard line

In the 1990s, when Congress was embarking on yet another reckless attempt to legislate public prayer in public schools, the Republican senator from Oregon, Mark O. Hatfield, asked for the floor. Hatfield, an evangelical and lifelong Baptist, testified that he had frequently prayed in school — typically before math tests.

The Independent UK

Trevor Noah jabs Ron DeSantis for trying to ‘outmaneuver’ Trump

The Daily Show host poked fun at Florida’s ban on math textbooks claiming the governor’s aim is that ‘nobody knows how to count votes’

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: 300 debarred from writing exams in Meerut University for ‘unfair tactics’

MEERUT: From scribbling math formulas on nails to using henna art designs on hands to hide answers, students at Meerut University in Uttar Pradesh have resorted to “unique ways of cheating” in exam halls, to the sheer astonishment of invigilators. So far, over 300 students have been debarred from writing…

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