America’s crisis of reading instruction is by now well-known. But have you checked on your kid’s math skills lately?

In this video I share the Chinese multiplication chants I learned when I was eight years old and can still recite perfectly in my thirties. I walk through examples like 2×2, 7×7, and 8×9 to show how ...

Students at an elementary school in Hollandale, Miss.Credit... Supported by By Nicholas Kristof Photographs by Lynsey Addario Mr. Kristof is an Opinion Columnist who reported from Alabama and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. We’ve begun to plan this year’s Art of the Chart show, which will probably coincide with Alphaville’s 20th ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s Friday in most places, so let’s have ourselves a chart quiz. Our job is hard: we’ve had to labour to ...

There is a tendency to imagine genius as smooth and uninterrupted. As if the great thinkers moved from one insight to the next without pause. Albert Einstein does not quite fit that picture. For all ...

Joe Rogan’s podcast has officially reached the top spot on Apple’s charts for 2025. On Tuesday, November 18, Apple revealed its annual podcast rankings, and for the first time, The Joe Rogan ...

Stock market graphs don’t have to be a mystery. Here’s how to read stock charts for any company. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

Traditionally, the superintendent of public instruction has been an administrator, responsible for collecting data and doling out dollars — not an education visionary. That needs to change. Alarm ...

You’ve seen the videos: that viral trend on TikTok and Instagram where women explain why their “extravagant” spending is actually “reasonable.” They’ll hold up a huge restaurant bill or a wad of cash, ...