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‘A celebrity? Only if you like niche maths videos on the internet’: Hannah Fry on cancer, Covid and the science of love

The mathematician, writer, presenter and podcast host will be back on our screens fronting Secret Wonders of the Modern World. She explains why, after undergoing treatment for cancer, she has come to see the limits to logic

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

‘Nation’s Report Card’ shows pandemic declines in Ky. reading and math

National standardized testing data show the pandemic has left far more Kentucky kids struggling to master basic reading and math skills.

WEKU · Oct 25, 2022

UK professor thinks anxiety could be behind why students struggle in Math

State leaders are working on how to raise the commonwealth’s standardized test scores in the future. One area where Kentucky students struggled was mathematics.

WEKU · Oct 25, 2022

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"Wake-up call" education test results

No state posted improvements in math — and those scores dropped in 51 states and jurisdictions since 2019.

Axios · Oct 25, 2022

Column: Parents can’t ignore math, reading declines on federal test

ATLANTA -- No one doubts that the COVID-19 pandemic hurt student learning. Now, much-anticipated test scores today from the National Assessment of Educational Progress pinpoint where impacts were greatest.

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

Texas students’ math scores saw a sharp decline during pandemic

State math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress dipped significantly between 2019 and 2022, but reading scores for fourth and eighth graders held steady.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2022

Test scores across US reveal 'heartbreaking' pandemic declines, with math hit hard

LOS ANGELES — Eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation and fourth-graders in a large majority of states, including California, saw significant drops in average math scores since the pandemic, reflecting "heartbreaking" academic setbacks for students across wide swaths of the country, according to the results of the "nation's…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022

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Student Math and Reading Scores Have Dropped Significantly Since 2019

Plus: the internet's ultimate censors, a court hits pause on student loan forgiveness plan, and more...

Reason · Oct 24, 2022

Test scores hit by record plunge for U.S. kids

COVID and the resulting school closures spared no state or region.

Axios · Oct 24, 2022

Eastern Standard Preview Oct. 27

It’s unusual for one person to appear twice in an edition of ES, but Whit Whitaker does just that: in his role as Director of the Lyric Theater in Lexington, and as a cast member of our latest radio play, “Three’s a Charm” by David Miller, also starring Roger Leasor…

WEKU · Oct 24, 2022

Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds

The test measures reading and math proficiency for fourth- and eighth-graders. It's administered every two years, but the pandemic delayed the 2021 report until now.

WEKU · Oct 24, 2022

Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Ed Sheeran reveals he's filming tell-all documentary which delves into his life

Superstar Ed Sheeran will be inviting cameras to follow him around and explore all aspects of his life, as he confirmed his Mathematics tour will last for another four years

Daily Mirror · Oct 23, 2022

Gates Foundation donates $1B to prioritize math education

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it is making grants of more than a $1 billion as part of a sweeping national plan to improve math education over the next four years

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

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The Conversation · Oct 14, 2022

Does tutoring work? An education economist examines the evidence on whether it’s effective

With reading and math scores plummeting during the pandemic, educators and parents are now turning their attention to how kids can catch up. In the following QA, Susanna Loeb, an education economist at Brown University, shines a light on the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back…

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

With teachers in short supply, states ease job requirements

As schools across the South grapple with teacher vacancies, many are turning to candidates without teaching certificates or formal training

Tribune News Service · Oct 8, 2022

Poker cheating scandal sparks debate about math, sexism

LAS VEGAS — The controversial poker hand that led to allegations of cheating continues to be scrutinized more than a week after it occurred.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022

How election conspiracies cast a shadow over GOP, Washington state midterms

VANCOUVER, Wash. — On a Thursday night in early September, 500 people paid $15 to hear an ex-Army captain and a high school math teacher regale them with tales of secret algorithms and suspicious voting trends.

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Reason · Oct 1, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 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

Inverse · Sep 28, 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.

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2022

‘Save the soil for future generations’

Swami Shitikantananda of Ramakrishna Math urges farmers

The Hindu · Sep 27, 2022

Future managers must have sound knowledge of data science, mathematics and statistics, say experts

Madras Management Association holds All India Management Students’ Convention 2022 with the theme ‘AI Shaping Today and the Future’

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2022

'There's only so far I can take them' – why teachers give up on struggling students who don't do their homework

Whenever “Gina,” a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022

Derek Goldrei obituary

Other lives: Mathematician who had teaching and leadership positions at the Open University and several Oxford University colleges

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