By incorporating this quick physical game into a math lesson, teachers help students focus on the task at hand.

The board received a recommendation from district math teachers Oct. 2 and approved the selection at its Oct. 6 regular meeting.

I broke four hours in the Chicago Marathon in 2014. I just made it, with a finish time of 3:58. That was my fifth or sixth marathon and the first one that I really tried to nail the four-hour ...