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Minnesota tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well.
Republished with permission from The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit news outlet focused on education. BRAHAM, Minn. — It was ...
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Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t
Some places are moving to universal early algebra. Minnesota has required it for years — with less-than-promising results.
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Jerry Zezima: She’s got my number
According to statistics that must be true or I wouldn’t have made them up, 87% of grandfathers couldn’t pass a third-grade ...
Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI”
The race to replace human workers continues in Big Tech, but not everyone is convinced it will happen so soon.
Heat and Suns dealing with hangovers, but they aren’t alone; scouting Illinois’ Kasparas Jakučionis
Sorry, folks, but this is the basketball that’s hard to watch. Phoenix is 29th in dunks, last in layups and last by a mile in ...
The Most Important Breakthroughs of 2024
This year saw several advancements across medicine, space technology, and AI that extend our knowledge in consequential ways.
Opinion
A New Year's Resolution for Progress: Focus on What Works | Opinion
In 2025, my hope for the world is that governments and institutions will finally stop dithering and focus on solutions that deliver the best returns.
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North Atlantic right whales should live past 100 years old. They're dying around 22
FREDERICTON — North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species ... This is ...
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In 2025, let’s focus on practical solutions for reducing global poverty
In 2015, the UN came up with a 169-point agenda to fix all the problems facing humanity by ... software can teach reading, writing and basic math. Countless studies show that even if the other ...