BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-ExaminerMath professor Sandra Fital-Akelbek (left) and students Jason Frekcleton (center) and Ben Sherman practice moves in a math dance class at Weber State University on ...

Kern Dance Alliance (KDA) has launch the fall 2017 session of Shine for Girls: Math + Dance = SUCCESS (SHINE), an innovative, curriculum-based after-school program for middle school girls. Utilizing ...

For some students, math can be a tough subject. But now, some schools are offering math lessons in the form of dance, and the concept is taking off. The combination is the brainchild of dancer and MIT ...

Math teachers often struggle for ways to bring the discipline to life for students, but some South Middleton School District students experienced the vibrancy of math in an unlikely medium — dance.

Shake off that old stereotype about girls not being good at math. A new program for local middle school girls hopes to have them jumping, twirling and dancing their way to better grades and a boost in ...

Figuring out the optimal mix of fun activities and academic tutoring in after-school programs is always a challenge, but a Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate has created a program ...

The students in the SHINE for Girls dance program wear T-shirts that read "Every girl is good at math" on the front. On the back, "Math + dance = success." Run by two seniors at Pensacola High as part ...

It's a drum beat! It's a dance team! It's ... mathematics? For students and adults alike, merely the mention of math makes many feel faint. But several county educators have been spearheading ...

Florida State University’s Opening Nights and Leon County Schools teamed up this week to offer elementary and middle school teachers a creative new tool to teach math, in partnership with the John F.

When Amelia Downs joins the class of 2014 next fall, she may well be the most recognizable person on campus without the last name Bacow or two Olympic figure skating medals on her mantle. Downs is ...

It's time to discard that old stereotype. It's time to toss away, reject and deep six the outdated notion that girls don't like math. One organization in Bakersfield disproves that old and stale ...