Education and Sharing Day

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National #EducationAndSharingDay is devoted to honoring the important role of #education and #sharing in the welfare of the citizens of the #USA, proclaimed annually by the President since 1978.
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“Practical solutions to the issues facing families, children, and schools are increasingly found locally, where ownership of ideas takes root.”

(https://www.city-journal.org/article/schools-moment-of-silence-quiet-reflection-conflict)
#Education #MeaningfulMoment

Schools Should Start Each Day With a Moment of Silence

It could provide young people with respite from social media and AI.

City Journal
Please be nice to yourself. It's hard to be happy when you have someone beating up on you, it's almost impossible if that someone is you.

"On April 9, Jamaica's governer general will proclaim #EducationAndSharingDay a day which recognizes the importance of ethical and character development in education. This celebration first began in the US in 1978 when President Jimmy Carter established it to acknowledge the importance of moral development in education."

Louise Bennett-Coverley. "Education and Sharing Day: The moral foundation we cannot afford to neglect." Jamaica Gleaner, 30 Mar 2025, https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20250330/282187951826307

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This is a fun list of unsolved mathematical problems, described by professional mathematicians who are working on them, ranging from the easily understood (are there any odd perfect numbers?) to some arcane questions in number theory and topology.

[One peculiar typo, at least at the time I’m posting this: y^2 = x^5 – x + 1 is obviously *not* solved by x=0, y=0. I guess they meant x=0, ±1, y=±1.]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/9-unsolved-mysteries-in-mathematics/

9 Unsolved Mysteries in Mathematics

Mathematicians discuss some of the most compelling unsolved problems in the field

Scientific American
I don't know who found this photo, but top secret used to mean top secret.
Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’

On what would’ve been the astronomer’s 90th trip around the Sun, here’s a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and communicator.

The Conversation