By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com Alexandria City Public Schools parent Jeremy Miller said he’s seen kids practice math on the weekend with his own eyes. “Part of that [attendance] is having ...

to property taxes to fund basic community services. The share of taxes paid by businesses dropped from 53.9 percent in 1975 to 32.5 percent in 2023. During that time, property taxes paid by landowners ...

Researchers have discovered raccoons to be intrinsically motivated to solve multiple puzzles, even without a food reward.

Education research doesn’t only have to be left to university researchers and think tanks. Teachers can also do it themselves, and today’s post shares concrete examples. You might also be interested ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

I’m a new principal investigator (PI) with my own laboratory at a prestigious university. The PhD students who make it into our programme have already achieved a lot academically. But, sometimes, that ...

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Dr. Clayton is a mathematician. Candidates for quantitative jobs — like those on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley — are sometimes asked offbeat questions such as: How many Ping-Pong balls fit in a 747 ...

ST. THOMAS — Students faced off in fierce, but friendly, competition at the St. Thomas-St. John District MathCounts event Tuesday at the University of the Virgin Islands Innovation Center. Students ...

After a week of moderate winter temps, we’re back to single digit chills and snow-packed streets this weekend. At this point, we’re used to the bone-numbing winds, so nothing will stop us from ...