A high school math teacher at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, Michelle Blouin Williams, was looking for ingenuity when she and her colleagues set a school-wide math contest with a challenging ...
Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson surprised the math world when, as seniors in high school, they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle. A high school math teacher at St. Mary's ...
If you thought you were smart, you’re not as smart as these two teenagers. There has been buzz online and in the math community over an astounding breakthrough from an unlikely source. I always ...
Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, two African American high school seniors from St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, have made a groundbreaking mathematical discovery. The students proved Pythagoras' ...
Two high school students from New Orleans have been able to do what was deemed impossible. They were able to solve a nearly 2,000-year-old math puzzle. This is the story of Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya ...
If there was ever a real-life Good Will Hunting, most people wouldn’t expect to find them at an all-girls Catholic high school in New Orleans. But Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson prove them wrong.
Math puzzles for middle school students are the topic of our blog post today! In a world increasingly driven by logic, data, and patterns, mathematical skills form the foundation of critical thinking ...
In the halls of St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, mathematics took center stage when Michelle Blouin Williams, a dedicated math teacher, devised a unique challenge for her students. Tasked with ...
As the school year draws to a close, maintaining student engagement can become increasingly challenging. That’s when end-of-school-year puzzles can prove to be particularly effective. They provide a ...