For a man who claimed he couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, Stanisław Lem’s writings contain remarkable musical visions – and ...

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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 ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

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