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Welcome to the Wednesday, February 14, Brew. 

Someone asked “What's something sneaky you do that you feel no guilt for?” and netizens shared their best, potentially unethical strategies. The post “Take Out All The Quarters”: People Share 40 Unscrupulous Practices They Live By first appeared on Bored Panda.

Families will play an essential role in getting students back on track, researchers say. But it's going to take a "culture" shift around the importance of being in school.

Voters in San Francisco, California, will decide on seven ballot measures on March 5, 2024, including Proposition G, which issues a policy declaration regarding the school district’s mathematics curriculum.

A Facebook comment reminded me again of this debate — some people argue that "A times less than B" is "mathematically incorrect," "simply wrong," and so on. The theory is that "times" refers to multiplication, so "5 times less than B" to mean "B/5" is mistaken, though "5 times more…

A new study sparks hope that the historic declines in students' reading and math performance following the pandemic may not be permanent.

It's likely that Clark will pass Kelsey Plum during Iowa's matchup with Michigan.