Teaching mathematics has been my profession in New York City public schools since 1969, first at I.S. 201 in District 5, then at J.H.S. 17 in District 2, and since 1983, at Stuyvesant High School. I’m ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

Climate change could lead to “global catastrophes” up to and including human extinction, a new study has found. And scientists and policymakers are making it more likely by failing to face the ...

When disaster looms, who you gonna call? It could increasingly be a mathematician, if IBM scientists succeed in one of their current research efforts. IBM announced last week that its scientists have ...

If you're Samuel Crisp and you live on the tornado-blasted south side of Pulaski, that question is easy. When your enclosed back porch is gone, your roof is half torn off, and blown-out windows are ...