How a math problem changed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s life forever BY PRASHASTI AWASTHI Many students think mathematics is an unattainable subject. Amazon CEO and world’s richest man Jeff Bezos sees math from a different angle. Bezos, in an informal

Why Flunking Exams Is Actually a Good Thing BY BENEDICT CAREY, NEW YORK TIMES Imagine that on Day 1 of a difficult course, before you studied a single thing, you got hold of the final exam. No answer key, no

A Rising Call to Promote STEM Education BY PATRICIA COHEN, NEW YORK TIMES When the Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin, suggested last month that students majoring in French literature should not receive state funding for their college education, he joined a

The US is in dire need of STEM teachers BY TONI FEDER, NEW YORK TIMES Schoolteachers report career satisfaction. Jobs are plentiful. Pay is better than in many professions. Pensions are good. Yet for decades the US has struggled with acute

ChatGPT's Achilles' Heel: Math Problems By Josh Zumbrun, The Wall Street Journal By Josh Zumbrun, The Wall Street Journal The artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has shaken educators since its November release. New York City public schools have banned it from their