A high school math teacher at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, Michelle Blouin Williams, was looking for ingenuity when she and her colleagues set a school-wide math contest with a challenging ...
If you thought you were smart, you’re not as smart as these two teenagers. There has been buzz online and in the math community over an astounding breakthrough from an unlikely source. I always ...
Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson surprised the math world when, as seniors in high school, they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle. A high school math teacher at St. Mary's ...
Two high school students from New Orleans have been able to do what was deemed impossible. They were able to solve a nearly 2,000-year-old math puzzle. This is the story of Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya ...
Here's how high school students solved a math problem that was once thought to be impossible. Their accomplishment challenges the notion proposed by mathematician Elisha Loomis in his 1927 book ...
If there was ever a real-life Good Will Hunting, most people wouldn’t expect to find them at an all-girls Catholic high school in New Orleans. But Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson prove them wrong.
Math puzzles for middle school students are the topic of our blog post today! In a world increasingly driven by logic, data, and patterns, mathematical skills form the foundation of critical thinking ...
As the school year draws to a close, maintaining student engagement can become increasingly challenging. That’s when end-of-school-year puzzles can prove to be particularly effective. They provide a ...