On the Thursday 10 days before lent begins, Greeks turn out in droves to stuff themselves with grilled meat before the 40-day fast. It’s known as Tsiknopempti, literally “Barbecue Thursday.” With ...

Recently, Jan Koop came to the end of a two-year project of helping teachers from two area schools to improve their skills at teaching math—funded through a $236,000 Improving Teacher Quality Grant ...

The students in math professor Jan Koop’s summer workshops this year used pattern blocks, geoboards and other hands-on teaching tools to understand mathematical concepts. In their quest for better ...

Have you ever wondered who is behind geometry's most fundamental truths? You guessed it: it is Euclid of Greece.

Aysha Shedbalkar has been teaching math at West Leyden High School for 18 years. But the Lombard woman's service to others goes far beyond the classroom. She has been volunteering for years to help ...

Three Filipino students bagged medals during a mathematics competition held in Greece last week, according to the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines (MTG), an organization that trains Filipino ...