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Can AoPS Help Your Student in a World of Artificial Intelligence?

AoPS has been preparing students for the AI revolution for decades—long before anyone knew artificial intelligence would reshape education and make traditional "box-checking" skills obsolete. While most schools train students to follow predetermined steps and execute formulas—tasks that computers can do far more efficiently—AoPS develops the uniquely human abilities to reason, create, and solve problems that don't have predetermined answers. The question isn't whether AI will change education, but whether your student will be ready to thrive in a world where creative thinking outweighs following instructions.
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MATHCOUNTS: Crossing the Threshold of Mathematical Adventure

MATHCOUNTS serves as a transformative "threshold of mathematical adventure" that teaches students to find joy in problem-solving. The program helps young Mathletes discover that math is a shared exploration, and they, in turn, can inspire others to begin their own mathematical journeys.
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The Anxiety of Raising Gifted Children: Why Optimizing Their Full Potential Can Break Them (and Us)

Dr. Hui S. Jiang explores how a focus on maximizing gifted children's potential can create harmful pressure and anxiety. When success becomes the measure of worth, children learn to equate their identity with achievement, leading to perfectionism and fear of failure. Dr. Jiang shares how parents can break this cycle by intentionally shifting focus away from outcomes, normalizing struggle, creating non-performance spaces, and verbally affirming unconditional love. This thoughtful examination reminds us that our children's worth isn't measured by accomplishments, and that genuine curiosity and joy in learning matter more than external validation.
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Transform Your Child's Summer

AoPS Summer Camps transform students' educational experiences by creating an environment where intellectual challenges replace test-focused mentality. Unlike the regular school year, these camps allow students to explore engaging material with exemplary instructors and like-minded peers, tackling topics many won't encounter in standard classrooms. Whether through mathematics or language arts programs, these camp experiences often become pivotal moments in a student's development, sparking interests that evolve into passions and potentially future careers.
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How to Bring Beast Academy to Your Child's Classroom

Discover how to champion Beast Academy in your child's classroom, where 90% of educators report improved problem-solving skills and students thrive through engaging, collaborative mathematical challenges that transform how they learn.
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Of Cows And Coding: Preparing for the USA Computing Olympiad

The USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) challenges its contestants with bizarre scenarios involving millions of cows or billions of liters of milk, and only careful coding can set things right on Farmer John's chaotic farm. Learn more about how AoPS can help you prepare for this contest (and become an even stronger problem-solver!)
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The Math of Big-Money Lotteries: Your Chances of Winning the Powerball Jackpot

What are your chances for winning the Powerball or Mega Millions? We dive into strategies for increasing your chances of winning.
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The Math of Winning Wordle: From Letter Distribution to First-Word Strategies

From letter distribution to first-word strategies, we analyze Wordle word lists for patterns and come up with tips for playing — and winning — mathematically.

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