Many students complain and question math learning in school because they feel it isn’t necessary for their future lives. However, many students don’t realize that math is used and applied everywhere.

The Aspen School District will host a screening of the documentary “Counted Out” next week to encourage students to engage with math outside of the classroom. The documentary explores civil rights, ...

Math? Can I use it? Source: Roman Mager/Unsplash Parents and teachers have heard this question in many forums, “Will I use this math in “real” life?” This is a question that math teachers and parents ...

Is a dump truck a vehicle? What about a skateboard? An elevator? A hamster wheel? These are some of the questions math educator Christopher Danielson has asked — or been asked — while playing a ...

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When Caroline Farkas’14 transitioned from classroom teaching to entrepreneurship, it wasn’t because she planned to start a business — it was because she saw a need. “Everything I found was either too ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had ...