A 4-Day School Week? Teacher Shares Why It's So Popular

When 5th grade math teacher Courtney White tells people that her school operates on a four-day week schedule, they tend to ...

How the brain learns and applies rules: Sequential neuronal dynamics in the prefrontal cortex

Understanding how the brain learns and applies rules is the key to unraveling the neural basis of flexible behavior. A new ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.
IEEE

ICS Anomaly Detection Based on Sensor Patterns and Actuator Rules in Spatiotemporal Dependency

Abstract: Data-driven methods, such as deep learning, are widely adopted to detect cyberattacks for Industrial control systems (ICSs). Due to the neglect of entity spatial relationships (ESR), however ...
Center for American Progress

How Changes to Fourth-Grade Reading Standards and Research-Backed Approaches Can Improve Reading Achievement

Four states—Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Mississippi—have shown that adopting more rigorous literacy standards and scientific approaches to reading instruction can help reverse the decline ...
Daily Mail

Only a genius can do it! Can you solve simple-looking grade school math equation that has divided people

A simple looking grade-school math problem has stumped the masses. Can you solve it correctly? The simple equation shared by @BholanathDutta on X this week, who regularly posts brainteasers, read ...
Asia Society

Anthony Yu on Journey to the West

WASHINGTON, DC, April 23, 2010 — Dr. Anthony C. Yu, who translated the Chinese classic Journey to the West, discusses the difficulties and joys of translating cultures. (52 min., 6 sec.) ...