GeekWire

Calculated joy: Why GeekWire’s STEM Educator of the Year built a museum to fix math trauma

Tracy Drinkwater engaging with visitors at the Seattle Universal Math Museum, which she founded. (SUMM Photo) Tracy Drinkwater bristles when people — sometimes proudly — declare they “can’t do math.” ...
GeekWire

Seattle’s traveling math magician on why problem-solving matters more than ever in the age of AI

Jenny Quinn, executive director of the Seattle Universal Math Museum, shows off a solved Fibonacci sequence puzzle. (GeekWire Photo / Maddie Stoll) Jenny Quinn travels with math in her backpack. She ...
The Harvard Crimson

School Committee Reviews Updates on Universal Preschool and Eighth Grade Algebra

Officials from Cambridge Public Schools updated the School Committee on the status of two decades-long projects — Algebra 1 in eighth grade and universal preschool — in a Tuesday meeting. The ...
KING5

Mercer Island's 'Intersections' exhibit blends math and art

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Math + art = an exhibit dedicated to the beauty of numbers and patterns. It's called "Intersections: Math, Art, Truth, Humanity." "Which spells out 'math'," said Tracy ...
The Harvard Crimson

Cambridge School Committee Candidates Split over Universal Algebra, Special Education Issues

Two defining issues in the Cambridge School Committee race — equitable math curriculum and inclusive special education — have juxtaposed some of the contest’s incumbents against their challengers. The ...