I Thought ‘No Child Left Behind’ Would Fix Public Schools. I Was Wrong.

New data from Stanford’s Educational Opportunity Project confirms what close observers already knew: America’s test scores ...
Stanford Social Innovation ReviewOpinion

Philanthropy Is Too Small to Save the World

And yet, even before, the traditional model was never adequate to the challenge. Overseas development aid (ODA) and ...
The American Bazaar

Fatherhood in the language of AI

A Father’s Day reflection exploring how concepts from artificial intelligence mirror the timeless responsibilities of ...

My teenage son is using AI to do his math homework. I'm now helping his school write its first AI policy.

When I noticed my son using AI to solve his math homework, I didn't know how to feel. I then helped the school implement a ...

AI helped diagnose 18 children whose rare diseases had stumped doctors

Over a thousand children visit Boston Children’s Hospital every day. Many get clear diagnoses and begin treatment, but a ...

The best math lesson for children might be happening at your kitchen table, shows study

In the minds of many people, math lives in the classroom—on blackboards, in textbooks, and in tests. New research from Amber Simpson, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and ...
The New York Times

They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...
Gizmodo

An OpenAI Model ‘Disproved’ a Famous Math Conjecture. This Mathematician Couldn’t Leave It Alone

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics. Reading time 10 minutes Will ...
Ars Technica

An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...
Wall Street Journal

A Famous Math Problem Stumped Humans for 80 Years. AI Just Cracked It.

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...
Forbes

OpenAI AI Finds Counterexample To Decades-Old Math Theory

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. News about AI math problem raises realization that finding counterexamples can be extremely ...
Education Week

Making the “Puzzles” of Math Lessons Less Confusing for English Learners

Teaching math to English learners in middle and high school requires a nuanced approach. Those students are often at very different places in their language development and in their academic grounding ...