Chris Selley: Who will stop our kids from getting dumber?

UCSD is no slouch in the college rankings: U.S. News and World Report pegs it as the sixth-best public university in the ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

People Are Freaking Out Over the ‘Steep Decline’ in Students’ Academic Preparation at UC-San Diego

A new faculty report painted a grim picture of the math and writing skills of the first-year class at one of the nation’s ...
The College Investor on MSN

High GPAs And Test Optional Mask Poor Math Skills At College

Key Points ・UC San Diego’s own faculty report shows a thirtyfold jump since 2020 in freshmen arriving with math skills below the middle-school level, raising concerns about admissions practices and ...
The Daily Caller on MSNOpinion

Once-Prestigious University Of California, San Diego, Now Admits Students Who Can’t Solve 1st Grade Math Problem

California’s public universities were once excellent at milling out mostly competent graduates (along with the requisite duds ...
The Punch on MSN

Zero Knowledge Proof: The Project That Made Crypto Presales Finally Transparent with its World First ICA Model

In an industry where “transparency” often stops at marketing slogans, Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) has delivered something few ...

In California, high school graduation rates soar faster than student learning

Nationwide, high and improving graduation rates often not align with other measures, as was the case in the California data ...

What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien species, spearheaded by the late Carl Sagan, among others. But what are the ...
WVTM Channel 13 on MSN

Birmingham City Schools show improvement on state report card

THE STATE RELEASED SCHOOLS REPORT CARD TODAY, AND SOME DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA HAVE REASONS TO CELEBRATE. OUR WVTM 13 JARVIS ...
PortageOnline

Heading into winter, Manitoba Hydro says the “cheapest heat” still depends on your home

With colder weather settling in, Manitobans are weighing how to keep homes warm without blowing the budget. Manitoba Hydro ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Students aren’t necessarily missing the math, they’re missing how to make sense of the problem itself. Once we see ...

Congress Passes IRS Math And Taxpayer Help Act – What It Means For Your Tax Mistakes

"No one should have to spend a fortune on a lawyer or hours trying to figure out what went wrong on their taxes when the IRS ...