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Math

A teacher at a Bronx public schooI.

New York Regents Eliminate Literacy Test Because Too Many Teachers Flunk

Last month the New York State Board of Regents eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers pass a literacy test.
By The Editors
There are still two episodes left, but we know the matches.

We Solved an MTV Reality Show Weeks Before the Finale Using Simple Math (Again)

Mathematical spoilers ahead.
By Sage Lazzaro
Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel in 'The Man Who Knew Infinity.'

‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ Adds Up, Says Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons

With an academic's help, the actors bring math to the multiplex.
By John Bonazzo
LEIPZIG, GERMANY - AUGUST 30: Graduates in gown and caps celebrate their graduation at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management on August 30, 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. A total of 167 students in various Masters programs of business management graduated today, including the regular MBA program, whose students are 80% from foreign countries, while the more advanced graduate programs have a higher percentage of German-born students. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

This New App Might Just Give Students an ‘Addiction’ to Learning

By Jas Chana

How Many Numbers are Patternless? This Video Gives You the Mind-Bending Answer

By Jude Stewart
$20,000 royal flush at Treasure Island. (Photo: Michael Shackleford)

Michael Shackleford Is the ‘Wizard of Odds’

By Michael Craig
(Screengrab: MTV)

We Solved an MTV Reality Show Weeks Before the Finale Using Simple Math

By Sage Lazzaro
Mayor Bill de Blasio at a prior budget announcement. (Photo: Rob Bennett/NYC Mayor's Office)

Bill de Blasio on Whether He’s a ‘Numbers Guy’

By Colin Campbell

SXSW Out-Geeks Itself With Giant 'Pi In the Sky'

By Jordyn Taylor

Science Says Girls Pretend to Be Anxious About Math Because Society Tells Them To

By Jordyn Taylor

Students Want to Be Scientists Until They Realize They Have to Do Science

By Jordyn Taylor

Other Things You Can Spend $1,000 On Besides a Chocolate Egg

By Drew Grant
Hacker and wife. (Tequila Minksy)

<em>Times</em> Op-Ed Scribe Andrew Hacker Remains Staunch Opponent to Mandatory Math, Finds Reaction By ‘Math People’ To Be Typical

By Michele Narov

Wrathful Khan: Khan Academy’s Sal Khan Responds to Critical Post Editorial [Video]

By Steve Huff
Don't get struck by lightning when hanging with Bill Gates. (Photo: jurvetson)

Wrath About the Math of Khan: Puncturing Khan Academy’s Hype Balloon

By Steve Huff
They can teach you how to get a date

OkCupid Is Easy to Cheat On, Mathematically Speaking

By Ben Popper

The Groupon IPO Guessing Game Contest: Results!

By Foster Kamer

A Brief History of Groupon Valuations, Told (Mostly) Through TechCrunch Headlines

By Foster Kamer

City Public Schools Should Stop Celebrating Bad Math

By The Editors

Nielsen Owns Up to More Counting Errors

By Kat Stoeffel

Declines Decline at Gannett: We Take the Derivative and Feel Good

By Molly Fischer
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