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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2764: New Math

Posted on March 22, 2022 · Episode: 2764 The New Math Movement. Today, a revolutionary idea — that failed.

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Posted on July 5, 2022 · While Texas students have not regained all the ground they lost in math during the pandemic, scores across all grades were higher in 2022 than they were in 2021. Reading proficiency, on the other hand, appears to have fully recovered.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2760: No Math

Posted on March 17, 2022 · Episode: 2760 Mathematics and the Early 1900s Progressive Education Movement. Today, doing away with math.

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New study looks at how to make electric vehicles more accessible in Houston

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Posted on October 13, 2021 · Researchers are looking at what needs to be done to get more working families into electric cars and how to create the infrastructure needed to support those vehicles.

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Climate Scientists Watch Their Words, Hoping To Stave Off Funding Cuts

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Posted on November 29, 2017 · After years of budget and political pressure, some climate scientists are changing the way they describe their research, and avoiding the term "climate change."

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