The Columbian

Schools adding financial literacy to math class

WASHINGTON — Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term ...
The New York Times

The Key to Better Math Education? Explaining Money.

I offer to pay you $200 in one year if you give me $190 today. Good deal or bad deal? It’s the kind of math problem you might encounter in real life, as opposed to, say, whether the cosecant of a ...
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Survey: So how do Americans feel about math? The answer — like calculus and algebraic geometry — is complicated

So how to best describe Americans’ relationship with math? The answer is, well, a lot like multivariable calculus: It’s complicated. A national Gallup study reveals that more than 90% of American ...
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Survey: So how do Americans feel about math? The answer — like calculus — is complicated

SALT LAKE CITY — So how to best describe Americans' relationship with math? The answer is, well, a lot like multivariable calculus: It's complicated. A national Gallup study reveals that more than 90% ...