| Retailers See Slowing Sales in Back-to-School Season Halfway through the back-to-school shopping season, predictions of the worst performance for stores in more than a decade are yet another sign that consumers are clinging to every dollar. feeds.nytimes.com |
Findings: For Decades, Puzzling People With Mathematics Martin Gardner is the world’s best-known recreational mathematician, and has probably introduced more people to the joys of math than anyone in history. feeds.nytimes.com |
Chicago News Cooperative: To Pay for Longer School Days, Some Parents Try Raising Money Parents of students in public and magnet schools must get creative to finance extra hours in the classroom. feeds.nytimes.com |
Chicago News Cooperative: The Pulse: Hoop Nightmares for Catholic Colleges The influence of Roman Catholic schools is waning throughout college basketball. feeds.nytimes.com |
Kings of the Castle build challenge win A TEAM of pupils from Merchiston Castle School have beaten off competition from 29 other schools across Edinburgh and the Lothians to become winners of a construction challeng news.scotsman.com |