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When the College Board canceled SAT testing in 2020, hundreds of colleges adopted test-optional admissions policies for that fall. The Urban Institute reported that the number of four-year colleges ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

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You can measure horsepower at home by timing RPM climbs, calculating wheel speed from tire size and gear ratios, and comparing the results to SAE net specs.

Make sure your angles are in units of radians (not degrees), where 2π radians = 360 degrees. But after that you will get the ...

The geometry of space, the setting in which physical laws operate, may hold clues to some of the biggest unanswered questions in fundamental physics. The underlying structure of spacetime itself could ...

A team of mathematicians has recently taken steps to improve our ability to predict future data. It’s not exactly fortunetelling, but forecasting is a huge industry and service that much of our ...

District leaders explore how building confidence in math transforms not only academic performance but also student motivation and persistence.

The Jefferson City and Blair Oaks school districts are both outperforming the state on standardized tests.