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Candace Owens slammed after not knowing the freezing point of water: 'Greatest post in the history of X'

Candace Owens faced a wave of mockery online after sharing a baffling post about ice in Connecticut. The conservative commentator took to X to complain about ice not melting on trees in 30-degree ...
Bloomberg L.P.

More Math, Not Less, Will Lead Students to Succeed

A group of middle school girls is puzzling over a pie chart about reading habits in the US. Their “math designer” stands at the front of the room, encouraging students to share what they “notice and ...
Boston Herald

Moore: Poor math, reading scores an economic crisis

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...
Scientific American

Math Puzzle: Wrangle the Rectangles

Label the rectangles correctly with the letters A to I. Show puzzle solution Only the four blue-shaded rectangles below intersect three other rectangles, and therefore they must be F, G, H and I. H ...
AOL

Schools that are good at teaching math are also good in reading — and vice versa

Many people prefer restaurants that specialize and perfect a certain type of cuisine — they don’t want their barbecue restaurant to offer sushi, and see extensive menus as a worrisome sign of ...
WRAL

‘Not a math person’: NC wants to make math classes more relevant to students entering the real world

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...
Forbes

New Law Requires IRS To Make Those Confusing Math-Error Notices Easier To Understand

Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously ...
Wall Street Journal

The College Students Who Can’t Do Elementary Math

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...
Food & Wine

Every Chef We Spoke to Said Cooking Your Steak This Way Is Ruining It

And the solution is on sale. A panoply of steak-cooking tips exists. You can check the doneness of steak and many other cuts of meat without a thermometer, whether that’s by following a timetable, ...
Wall Street Journal

A Math Horror Show at UC San Diego

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an ...
Orange County Register

What good is a high school diploma if the kids can’t read or do math?

Call it graduation inflation. The latest California School Dashboard, compiled by the state Board of Education, showed the graduation rate for all students rose to 87.8% in 2025, up 1 percentage point ...