In an attempt to attract more freshmen to theoretical mathematics, the math department expanded its offerings this school year. Last fall, it introduced the MATH 60 “Modern Mathematics: Discrete ...

This lecture series in Mathematics Education is supported by Teachers for a New Era (TNE), and is organized by Profs. Juliana Belding, CK Cheung and Solomon Friedberg (Mathematics) and Prof. Lillie ...

Television Critics Association Press Tour, Pasadena, CA, January 14, 2013 – This fall, PBS KIDS will premiere PEG + CAT, a new animated preschool series that follows the adorable, spirited Peg and her ...

Consider this math problem: PBS leaves the train station headed west under a full head of steam to find a new series to teach math to youngsters. Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman leave a train station at ...

In the spring, the Issaquah School District set out to pick the best math curriculum to help its high-school students prepare for the state’s rigorous new math standards. The district’s math pros ...

How would you describe the philosophy behind the books? Jim Ryan: Rather than going from a traditional book where a teacher explains the abstract and then the students practice that abstract concept, ...

Hatred of math is a near-universal part of childhood. Educators have attempted every possible method in the universe to make formulas and equations interesting. The closest someone ever got to making ...