Ash Marlow on MSN

This mathematical card trick never fails

This clever self-working card trick relies on simple math rather than sleight of hand, yet the result feels genuinely ...
Ash Marlow on MSN

Can a simple count predict your card?

This self-working card trick looks completely impossible at first. Even after a fair shuffle, simple counting and basic math ...

Train companies warned over ‘misleading’ price claims as watchdog bans ads from three firms

THREE major rail firms have been banned from running “misleading” ads after they failed to prove their tickets were really ...
WFMY News2

Mailing gifts and cards? The USPS deadlines & tricks for the holidays

GREENSBORO, N.C. — To get your presents into the hands of friends and family, they first have to be sorted and ride miles of conveyor belts through the U.S. Postal Service facilities. The USPS can ...
NBC Chicago

Illinois schools report card shows higher proficiency rates, but there's a catch

Illinois’ schools report card was released this week, and while it showed increased student proficiency in key areas, a scoring change sparked discussion. Those higher proficiency rates were found in ...
The New York Times

The math behind sports card repacks: Who makes money, who doesn’t and when it becomes a problem

Card collectors check out the items for sale during the Cards on the Coast Sports Card and TCG Show on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Resource Center. John Blackie / Pensacola News ...
MarketWatch

5 mental tricks to reset your relationship with credit cards as Americans pile on debt

Marissa Zuckerman had always been “very good” with her money. The 31-year-old paid for her car in cash, and she had just one credit card that she saw as a “credit-building tool” and paid off in full ...
City Journal

The Nation’s Report Card Shows How Education Policy Has Failed

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress—also known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—is now out. It shows 12th-graders’ performance slipping to a record low. According to the report, ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

‘Nation’s Report Card’ highlights historically low reading, math test scores

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The United States Secretary of Education announced test scores are down nationwide ranging from middle school to high school students. The national assessment of education progress ...
EdSurge

Student Scores in Math, Science, Reading Slide Again on Nation’s Report Card

That’s how experts describe the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the “nation’s report card.” Considered a highly accurate window into student ...
ABC7

US students' reading and math scores at historic lows: 'Devastating trend'

High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Education Progress. The new report, ...
KQED

A New Nation's Report Card Shows Drops in Science, Math and Reading Scores

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, show eighth-graders’ science scores have fallen 4 points since 2019 and ...