Allie Hays’ friends had a good laugh when they heard about the class she had signed up for at North Central College in Naperville: Mathematics of Square Dancing. Hays thought it was pretty funny ...

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 ...

Aug. 4—Before a crowd of their peers, dancers were asked to perform their routine they practiced all the week, but with a catch: perform all of it, then 30% of it and finally 70% of it. It was a dance ...

Girls in 6th through 8th grade can improve their math skills with the help of dance as part of an eight-week program called SHINE, developed by an MIT graduate. For some students, math can be a tough ...

Tangroupe dancers Maura O’Leary and Robert Amy dance the tango during a “practica” session at the Calvary Episcopal Church in downtown Santa Cruz. Olena Tashkevych, 19, a math major at UCSC, enjoys ...

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 ...

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 ...