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Prime Factors

From A Divine Language, which will be published next month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1. Prime numbers are those that can be divided cleanly only by themselves and by…

Divine Logic

by Stephen Budiansky,

Kurt Gödel’s last proof

Tinker, Tailor, Student, Spy

From instructions for a remote math test at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario in October 2020. Complete the practice quiz. After the practice quiz, start the setup test. Complete the…

Divide and Conquer

From a mathematics textbook for children between six and twelve years old, published by the Islamic State’s ministry of education. The Islamic State distributed copies of the textbook to schools…

Divide and Conquer

by Harper’s Magazine,

Sample problems from a mathematics textbook for children between six and twelve years old, published by the Islamic State’s ministry of education.

Political Calculus

by Lyubov Ulyakhina,Translated by Alan Yuhas,

From an interview with Lyubov Ulyakhina, an expert hired by the Russian Academy of Education, published in April on the Russian news site Znak.com. In March, Russia’s Ministry of Education…

Wrong Answer

by Nicholson Baker,

The case against Algebra II

Untitled

by Thomas Allen,

Nicholson Baker Argues that Algebra II Shouldn’t Be a Required Course

by Harper’s Magazine,

“Life’s prerequisites are courtesy and kindness, the times tables, fractions, percentages, ratios, reading, writing, some history — the rest is gravy, really.”

Dehumanized

by Mark Slouka,

When math and science rule the school

Weekly Review

by Theodore Ross,

President George W. Bush officially replaced the phrase “stay the course” in Iraq with “We will stay in Iraq,” and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki insisted he never agreed to…

Mathematics

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Prime Factors

Divine Logic

Tinker, Tailor, Student, Spy

Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer

Political Calculus

Wrong Answer

Untitled

Nicholson Baker Argues that Algebra II Shouldn’t Be a Required Course

Dehumanized

Weekly Review

Debug