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University of Washington’s Computer Ethics class, taught by Prof. Dan Grossman is not a requirement but it has more students than ever, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Seattle. Grossman said he initially incorporated Artificial Intelligence as a topic in place of facial recognition and now “A.I. is hot.”

October 23, 2023 at 6:00 am

AI might disrupt math and computer science classes — in a good way

Some math educators believe artificial intelligence, when used correctly, could help strengthen math instruction.

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U.S. schools are scrambling to catch up students in math as post-pandemic test scores reveal the depth of missing skills. (Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report via AP)

October 18, 2023 at 6:33 pm

Experts share tips to help kids learn and enjoy math WATCH

National math experts share their advice on how families can navigate the "new" math and help their students develop numeracy and become math people.

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October 18, 2023 at 2:45 pm

Dyscalculia diagnoses aren't rare but support from schools often is

Children often languish awaiting a diagnosis; families frequently turn to private providers for one; and even with a diagnosis, some schools can't help.

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October 10, 2023 at 1:25 pm

Ed Lab Live: Join a webinar to help kids find joy, success in math

The Education Reporting Collaborative will host "Solving the Math Problem: Helping kids find joy and success in math," a live expert panel, at 5 p.m....

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Bryan Martinez, a senior at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, works on a computer during his Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications class on Sept. 12, 2023. For his medium-term financial goals, he settles on a car — he doesn’t have one yet — and vacations. Peering way into his future, the 18-year-old also imagines saving money to buy a house, start his own business, retire, and perhaps provide any children with a college fund. (Jackie Valley/The Christian Science Monitor via AP) MACSM101 MACSM101

October 10, 2023 at 4:04 am

More states are teaching financial literacy. It could pay off for students struggling with math

More states are requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school.

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Kevin Tran, 16, right, speaks about the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Like a lot of high school students, Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. “They’re all insanely smart. In their regular jobs they’re engineers, they’re scientists,” he says. “And you can’t do any of those things without math.” (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

September 27, 2023 at 3:54 pm

America’s poor math skills raise alarms over global competitiveness

Employers and experts are raising new alarms about competitiveness and national security.

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Piedmont Elementary School math teacher Cassie Holbrooks helps a small group of fourth-grade students with a three-digit subtraction problem in Piedmont, Ala., on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Piedmont, a 1,100-student district where seven out of 10 qualify for free or reduced-prince lunch, has stuck with an approach it began before the pandemic: It gave teachers more time to dig into data on student performance and increased instructional time for math teachers to focus on specific skills. (Trisha Powell Crain/AL.com via AP)

September 20, 2023 at 3:57 pm

To improve at math, do students and teachers simply need more time?

A small rural school district in Alabama has found that digging into data and lengthening classes helped students significantly in math.

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$Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a fifth grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Howells said that she turned to the science of math after wondering why there weren’t as many resources for dyscalculia as there were for dyslexia. Reading the research helped her become more explicit about things that she assumed students understood, like the fact that the horizontal line in a fraction means the same thing as a division sign. “I’m doing a lot more instruction in vocabulary and symbol explanations so that the students have that built-in understanding,” said Howells. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)$

September 12, 2023 at 3:19 pm