*A waiter comes by with a tray of drinks. Maryam takes the wine. Poe takes the brandy and chugs it.* Poe: Okay … weird. Well, in the last episode, they talk about meditation as a way to “step out of ...

“Why bring together two fields that seem to many people so very disparate? What could mathematics and poetry share, except that the mention of either one is sometimes enough to bring an uneasy chill ...

This post originally appeared on Last Word on Nothing. April is Mathematics Awareness Month. April is also National Poetry Month. Coincidence? Yep, almost definitely. But it’s also an opportunity: I’d ...

The May 23 article, “Three Ways to Build Student Confidence in Math,” resonated deeply with my research on psychological safety and feedback in math classrooms. The article highlights formative ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X We don’t remember algebra ever being this interesting. Last week, North County High School Algebra 1 students were ...

This week's guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Laura Purdie Salas, a native Floridian who's spent her entire adult life in Minnesota. Laura is an award-winning children's author and poet who's ...

What do Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden Ratio and poetry have in common? Their patterns and the analogies they inspire help us to express fundamental concepts, make new discoveries and comprehend the ...

Mathematician-poets or poet-mathematicians — Black Hills State University math professor Daniel May can’t decide which they should be called. Regardless of their title, this community of math and ...

Every year, Jeff Shotts, executive editor of Graywolf Press, sorts through thousands of poetry submissions -- and rejects about 99 percent of them. It’s not a success rate poets like to hear, he says, ...

What prompted the idea for the course? I have always enjoyed writing poetry. As a high school mathematics teacher, I recall telling my students that everything is and can be connected to math, even ...

“Why bring together two fields that seem to many people so very disparate" What could mathematics and poetry share, except that the mention of either one is sometimes enough to bring an uneasy chill ...