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S.F. schools spent $8 million to change the way they teach math. Here's what's new

Math will look and feel a lot different in San Francisco schools this year and that seems evident by the picture of the chilled-out chimpanzee on the cover of the new kindergarten textbook, with ...
Education Week

Kids Need to Know Their Math Facts. What Schools Can Do to Help

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...
PC Magazine

Do the Math: 8 Hidden Features in Apple's Calculator App (Now on iPad, Finally)

Apple's Calculator app does more than help you calculate tips. With the latest OSes, it launches on iPad and lets you create a Math Note for more complex problems, among other things. Lance is an ...
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You Don't Need iOS 26 to Do Math in Your iPhone's Messages App. Here's How

Apple is set to release iOS 26 this fall -- I'm predicting in less than two weeks-- and it will bring Liquid Glass, call screening and more features to your iPhone. But iOS 18 upgrades your Messages ...
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This retro NES-style number pad makes me actually want to do math

Imagine how our Math teachers must be feeling now that we actually do have a calculator in our pockets all the time. Now imagine abandoning those virtual keys and falling back in love with a ...
Forbes

AI Is Usually Bad At Math. Here’s Why It Matters

We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...
Education Week

Rick Hess Straight Up

The future of math education will begin with the divorce of a very long-term marriage between math learning and grade-level instruction. “The Future of Math,” my chapter in School Rethink 2.0, ...