Celebrate Pi Day with NASA
The 2023 NASA Pi Day Challenge went live on March 9! NASA is joining schools, students and science centers across the U.S. to celebrate one of the most well known and beloved numbers: pi. Continue reading…
The 2023 NASA Pi Day Challenge went live on March 9! NASA is joining schools, students and science centers across the U.S. to celebrate one of the most well known and beloved numbers: pi. Continue reading…
Find out how the mathematical sciences are helping to improve our everyday lives by exploring the stories and infographics from the recently released "Illustrating Math" project by the National Academies. Continue reading…
In recent weeks, news outlets and social media have been filled with depressing stories about “declines” in student achievement, in both reading and math. These reported downturns were not observed in terms of student problem-solving or thought processes, but on standardized test scores. Continue reading…
Technology affords us the opportunity to replace or deemphasize some procedural skills to allow more time for students to analyze, make sense of, and apply the mathematics. For example, should we really be spending as much time on factoring polynomials or rationalizing denominators? Continue reading…
In celebration of Humanities Nebraska's 50th anniversary in 2023 and to spark the next 50 years of humanities learning and connection, Humanities Nebraska is offering $1,000 grants to 50 Nebraska educators to support humanities education programs during the 2023-24 school year. Continue reading…
Analyzing 10 years of school-level results from public schools in two states—Nebraska and Texas—we found that year-to-year correlations of schools’ test scores were exceptionally high, indicating that little new information is derived from annual testing. Continue reading…
Below is a link to the final draft of the mathematical progressions that accompany the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Continue reading…
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