Can you solve the elementary school problem that divided the internet in less than 30 seconds? Test your might in this seemingly easy challenge that many failed.

As Chicago’s budget drama lurches toward a decisive weekend, it would be a mistake to focus too closely on the latest amendments, vote counts or tactical maneuvers. Those details may well change by ...

LAS CRUCES — Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city’s general fund balance had been ...

Months after Los Angeles City Hall scrambled to close a $1 billion budget deficit and avoid layoffs of city employees, the City Council’s new Budget and Finance Advisory Committee held its first ...

At the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), one competitor did so well that it would have been awarded the Silver Prize, except for one thing: it was an AI system. This was the first time ...

For elementary students, math problem-solving often feels like a puzzle without all the pieces. They know there’s a solution somewhere, but they can’t quite see how it all fits together. Behind every ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The sudden transfer of two Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department fiscal officers has raised questions about whether the move was retaliation for publicly challenging the county’s ...

Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet on Saturday slammed teachers at an Arizona high school for appearing to mock the death of Charlie Kirk but walked his remarks back at least partially when ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

Washington’s students’ test scores have revealed startling results, with nearly one-third of students failing to reach basic grade-level skills in math, and among low-income students, 45% fail to ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...