A mural of a 30-meter-long blue whale covers the basketball court at Santa Barbara Charter School. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara Charter School has ...

The unsuccessful drive to teach the metric system in schools presents a cautionary tale about teacher buy-in for common-core advocates, writes Jeanne Zaino.

Moving to Costa Rica means adapting to the metric system for U.S. expats. Discover essential tips on understanding kilometers, Celsius, and liters ...

A maths teacher who wrote a sexually-charged poem about learning the metric system has scooped one of Britain’s most prestigious poetry prizes.

“Metric is the assumed system of measurement in science,” Colby said. (The Common Core State Standards for mathematics include learning both metric and customary measurements.) ...

The metric system is, quietly and behind the scenes, now the standard in most industries, with a few notable exceptions like construction.

When last encountered, the metric system was being rebuffed by an American public not all that interested in walking 1.61 kilometers for a Camel. But even as other icons from the 1970s try to come … ...

Olympic winners like gold medalist Claressa Shields have said the games were a learning experience, but what were they learning? Hard work? Sure. Sportsmanship? Maybe. The metric system? Certainly ...

Here's the real reason the U.S. doesn't use the metric system The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The ...