The Conversation

New opening at The Conversation: data and applied math editor

Do you love ideas, and care about how big data is transforming science and society? Or how mathematics can help solve social problems? Are you adept at translating data into compelling graphics? The ...
Yahoo

Letters to the Editor: Higher math is everywhere. But should UC require all applicants to learn it?

To the editor: As a physics professor who uses Algebra 2 (and higher math) every day, I felt compelled to respond to the debate over how much math the University of California system should require ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Critics of the new math curriculum framework, you have any better ideas?

To the editor: I admire the devotion shown by UC Berkeley professors Jennifer Chayes and Tsu-Jae King Liu to improving K-12 math education. But their op-ed article criticizing the proposed state ...
Education Week

Editor’s Note: Teaching Math in the Era of COVID-19

With each passing day, the coronavirus pandemic is rerouting some students’ academic trajectories. That’s among the many frightening but realistic consequences of COVID-19. And an early look at ...
Cult of Mac

Calca, Like A Plain-Text Markdown Editor For Math

Roll up roll up roll up folks, and get ready for the Nerd-o-Rama. In today’s edition we bring you Calca, a “text editor for engineers.” Imagine that somebody took Soulver and Markdown and left them ...