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Students get to share their favorite family recipes and practice their problem-solving strategies in this engaging math project.

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Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with traditional assessments.

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Gil Gerard, best known to a generation of television viewers as the star of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, died on December 16, 2025, at the age 82. While his career extended well beyond that single ...