The Latest Breaking News from Math

Chinese Censors Target a Textbook

In China, 27 people were punished for their involvement in producing math textbooks that featured drawings of a child sticking his tongue out and making a peace sign.

Reason · Oct 1, 2022

This professor exposed Columbia University’s false ranking. He says it’s only the tip of the scandal

Math professor Michael Thaddeus accused Columbia of using false data to rise up the college rankings. He tells Rachel Sharp why the real lesson from the scandal is that the ranking system must be scrapped

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

In a first, scientists show dogs can smell when humans are stressed

In a recent study, four dogs were able to choose with high accuracy samples that contained stress chemosignals from humans, showing they can smell stress.

Inverse · Sep 28, 2022

A teen ordered to pay $150,000 to the family of her rapist is flooded with donations

A GoFundMe account set up by Pieper Lewis' former math teacher has surpassed the amount of the court-ordered restitution — and people are still giving.

WEKU · Sep 16, 2022

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 · Sep 15, 2022

'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 · Sep 14, 2022

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 · Sep 13, 2022

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 · Sep 12, 2022

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 · Sep 12, 2022

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 · Sep 7, 2022