New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school ...

"1 plus 1 equals 1 in the Boolean Algebra (0, 1). "1 plus 1 equals 2 in denary numerals of the real number field. "1 plus 1 equals 10 in binary numerals of the real number field." This is all on Page ...

According to a 2013 report from the Brookings Institution, the number of students taking Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course (such as geometry) in eighth grade nearly tripled between 1990 and ...

Pamela Weber Harris , a former high school math teacher contends in a new volume, Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms, that too many classrooms focus too much on ...

His latest is called The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions. It poses many nagging, open-ended questions like the second example above, without a lot of neat, tied-up-with-a-bow answers like No. 1.

More than 1 in 3 public school students now takes Algebra 1 in middle school. Here's how to make sure they succeed in this gatekeeper class. 4 Questions to Boost Algebra Gains for Middle Schoolers ...

IRA FLATOW: Yeah, that’s another way of saying, and you say this in your book, that math is magical. KYNE SANTOS: Yeah. IRA FLATOW: Right. ... Mesoamerica all coming up with number systems, all coming ...

Good Math: A Geek's Guide to the Beauty of Numbers, Logic, and Computation • By Mark Chu-Carroll • John Wiley/Pragmatic Bookshelf • ISBN: 978-1-93778-533-8 • 262 pages • £26/$34.00 ...