The Latest Breaking News from Math

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

Judge Jeanine needs to learn how to math good.

Mic · May 5, 2022

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. 

Ballotpedia · May 2, 2022

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.

Los Angeles Times · May 2, 2022

Florida approves more math books but provides no explanation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A series of elementary school math textbooks previously rejected by Florida won state approval this week and can now be purchased by school districts that want books to match state standards.

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022

Florida is down to one approved publisher for K-5 math classes. Here’s why that worries some educators

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s school districts may be down to just a single option for buying new elementary school math textbooks — and it’s a choice that concerns some educators.

Orlando Sentinel · Apr 27, 2022

Supreme Court OKs 'race neutral' admissions policy to admit more Black, Latino students

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Virginia school board to admit more Black and Latino students — and slightly fewer Asian students — to a magnet high school for math and science.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 26, 2022

13-year-old boy to graduate from University of Minnesota with degree in physics

Soon-to-be university graduate was reading and doing math by age three

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

In Trump's image: GOP wants school bully

Empathy and kindness are right wing kryptonite — so Republicans want to stop schools from teaching social skills

Salon · Apr 25, 2022

World's Oldest Person Dies in Japan at 119

A Japanese woman certified the world's oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2022

Social-emotional learning is next classroom target after 'critical race theory'

As lawmakers across the U.S. advance measures that prohibit teaching "critical race theory" and holding classroom discussions on gender and sexual identity, they’re also expanding their scope to monitor everything from books to teaching modalities that center on feelings.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022