The abacus, that ancient, no-batteries-required, bead-based calculator, is making a comeback in after-school programs across Canada. The schools, which are modelled after programs common across India ...

Some local grade school students growing up in the computer age are using an ancient abacus to help improve their math, concentration, memory and time management skills. The UCMAS Mental Math Program, ...

For this series, we've been thinking a lot about some of the iconic objects that some of us remember using — if only for a short period of time — in our early schooling. Slide rules, the recorder, ...