This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson believe they can prove the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry — and are being encouraged to submit their work for peer review Jason Hahn is a former Human ...

Many of the students at our school have a rebellious, social-justice streak which has only grown louder this year. “How can I learn Geometry,” a student once cried out in class, “when all over the ...

Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more. For over 2,000 years, such ...

I first started teaching Geometry last year and have taken over "Informal Geometry" this year. As the name of the second class implies, the idea of formal proof is strongly de-emphasized; this class ...

Calcea Johnson (right), currently studying environmental engineering at Louisiana State University, published the new study with her high school classmate, Ne'Kiya Jackson (left), now a student in ...

Over their holiday break, most high school students relax, kick back and watch TV, visit with family, maybe take a trip. But on this last winter holiday, two New Orleans seniors at St. Mary’s Academy ...