Math in the News

Below are a sampling of articles found both national and state sources. Please use the survey link below if you have an article that you think woudl be good to share a well.

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• Grant will add to elementary math program - The Argus Observer
• Roosevelt students look at hot topics through mathematical lens - The Register-Guard
• Skyward math lessons - The Argus Observer

• Why colleges must change how they teach calculus - The Conversation
• Amazon launches math education movement - Seattle Times
• Barack Obama: Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive - Wired Magazine
• Kentucky’s new education standards are working - Lexington Harold Leader
• Math students partner with middle schoolers and teachers for project - Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, Neb.)
• NFL’s John Urschel has a brain made for math. And he’s willing to risk it on the field - Washington Post
• Teachers Affirm the Value of Rigorous Standards - NNSTOY Video Series
• The 'boys are better at math' mindset creates gender gap in sciences - CNN
• The Dark Side of Math Education - edCircuit
• The Math Paradox: What Japan Wants to Learn from the West - EdSurge
• Washington launches financial literacy requirement - Kitsap Sun (Kitsap Peninsula, Wash.)
• "Why do I have to explain my answer?" Advice for parents in the age of Common Core - Fordham Institute
• Why Math Education in the U.S. Doesn't Add Up - Scientific American
• Why one district’s students studied only STEM for a week - eSchool News
• We're All Born With Mathematical Abilities - NPR