The Hechinger Report

AI might disrupt math and computer science classes – in a good way

A student goes over an article in University of Washington’s computer ethics class, taught by Prof. Dan Grossman. Credit: Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education ...
Times Union

Instead of a+b=c, students may be allowed to learn to write computer programs

Nate Porter, a physics and computer science teacher at Maple Hill High School in Schodack worked with Valerie Gordon, an art teacher at Columbia High School in East Greenbush, to develop video gaming ...
EdSource

UC professors’ math problem: How does data science fit in?

The article was updated March 5 to include the letter from high-tech executives supporting the Algebra II requirement. It also clarifies that AP Statistics is for students who have completed Algebra ...
Scientific American

The Most Important Unsolved Problem in Computer Science

When the Clay Mathematics Institute put individual $1-million prize bounties on seven unsolved mathematical problems, they may have undervalued one entry—by a lot. If mathematicians were to resolve, ...
The New York Times

In California, a Math Problem: Does Data Science = Algebra II?

After faculty protests and a debate over racial equity, the state’s public universities reconsider whether high school students can skip a foundational course. By Amy Harmon Since 2020, California has ...
Seattle Times

AI might disrupt math and computer science classes — in a good way

For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website that solves algebraic problems online — has threatened to make algebra homework obsolete. Teachers learned to work around and ...