Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

Growing up in Durban, South Africa during the apartheid era, Tania had been nicknamed “the monster” by the bullies in her neighborhood. With a natural inclination to protect the weak, Tania and her vicious fists were truly a monstrous sight for these bullies. Ever the adventurer, Tania arrived in Taiwan 11 years ago with only 2000 NTD in her poc...

Do motivation speeches really work? Does motivation last forever? How do our minds tend to adapt to motivation? Mayar spent a lot of time mingling between motivational speakers and their speeches until she figured how the whole thing works and she was able to some extent to answer those questions.