Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Making a Difference with Math as an Actuary

Actuarial Science student Olivia Suarez is turning her love of numbers into a way to help people while strengthening the ...

‘If kids can’t read, what else is there?’: For Wu’s second term, BPS improvements are paramount

At her October "State of the Schools" speech, Wu set the lofty goal of making BPS the best urban school district in the ...
Opinion

Math problem. We're falling behind. Everyone should be scared | Opinion

In many cases, parents or school administrators push back against a child’s deserved bad grades or their need to repeat a year. That’s often because of misplaced concerns for the child’s self-esteem, ...

Illinois educators hope to tackle thorny issue of math competence

We can no longer accept that it’s okay to say, ‘Oh, I’m just not good at math, and so it’s okay if I don’t understand this.’” ...

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes

However, girls tend to be more diligent in elementary school and get better grades in math class throughout their schooling. And girls and boys across the grades tend to score similarly on state math ...