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'Is My Math Right?': Sen. John Kennedy, Sec. Linda McMahon Embarrass Themselves As They Flub Basic Calculations In Senate Hearing

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing several months ago, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) and Education Secretary ...
Edutopia

5 Strategies to Help Build Math Fluency in K–2

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about numbers. And while that may seem daunting, most kids enjoy sharpening their math ...
Scientific American

Scientists See ‘Eureka’ Moments in Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writings

Georgetown University psychologist Shadab Tabatabaeian, the paper’s lead author, imagines a “cool application” of their ...
Live Science

Science history: Russian mathematician quietly publishes paper — and solves one of the most famous unsolved conjectures in mathematics — Nov. 11, 2002

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.