Kern Dance Alliance (KDA) has launch the fall 2017 session of Shine for Girls: Math + Dance = SUCCESS (SHINE), an innovative, curriculum-based after-school program for middle school girls. Utilizing ...

For some students, math can be a tough subject. But now, some schools are offering math lessons in the form of dance, and the concept is taking off. The combination is the brainchild of dancer and MIT ...

"Historically, math has been taught as a rote subject. But over the last 15 years, there's been an effort to rethink math instruction," said Mary Berle, mathematics coordinator for Muddy Brook ...

Shake off that old stereotype about girls not being good at math. A new program for local middle school girls hopes to have them jumping, twirling and dancing their way to better grades and a boost in ...

Figuring out the optimal mix of fun activities and academic tutoring in after-school programs is always a challenge, but a Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate has created a program ...

Woodcrest Elementary School first-grade teacher Lynn Verdusco quickly applied what she had learned at a recent workshop to give her students new tools for understanding math concepts. On Wednesday, ...

It's time to discard that old stereotype. It's time to toss away, reject and deep six the outdated notion that girls don't like math. One organization in Bakersfield disproves that old and stale ...

Over the years, Kirin Sinha has heard the same question from her mostly male professors and classmates: “Why didn’t you get deterred along the way?” Sinha, a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

As the midshipmen stepped and hopped in front of her, Naval Academy math professor Sommer Gentry couldn’t help but dance. On a recent Tuesday in Smoke Hall, the Naval Academy’s Swing Dance Club was ...

Aug. 4—Before a crowd of their peers, dancers were asked to perform their routine they practiced all the week, but with a catch: perform all of it, then 30% of it and finally 70% of it. It was a dance ...