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Here’s an interesting article about Tom Farber, a high school Calculus teacher from San Diego who is fighting tough economic times and cutbacks in education spending in a rather novel way – he’s selling ad space on math tests. The goal here certainly doesn’t seem to be the development of a second income. Many teachers report . . . → Read More: Commodify your Mathematics? Even though we’d like to accuse our math teachers of being more or less incompetent, there is at least one indication that math education in this country is making some progress. In particular, the results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study shows American students have gained 11 points over their average performance . . . → Read More: Math in the News: Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling, After All With the weekend close upon us, no doubt many of you are looking forward to a reprieve from the work week. The more popular among you may even have some engagements lined up. Even for those of you with “friends” or “hobbies,” however, there always comes a point when the evening begins to come . . . → Read More: Math on TV: Look Around You This may come as a surprise to some of you, but it has come to my attention that Mariah Carey is not, in fact, a mathematician. Moreover, I’m fairly certain she is not a physicist, either. The evidence is fairly compelling. According to this article from sfgate.com, the famous crooner misappropriated Einstein’s famous mass energy . . . → Read More: Mariah Carey Is not a Mathematician |
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