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There's an elephant in the room when it comes to competitive programming — and we're not shying away from it. Here's what's coming in the new AoPS USACO Silver course, and why competitive programming is still valuable for learning how to think in the age of AI.

There's knowing a formula, there's understanding why it works, and then there's something beyond both. In this episode, Aaron Demby Jones explores what those levels feel like by exploring forbidden fraction rules.

Dr. Tram Huynh opens with a moment many parents will recognize immediately — a capable child who understood the material, but blanked on the test. What looks like a preparation problem, she explains, is often something else entirely, and understanding the real cause opens the door to strategies that can make a meaningful difference for students.

There's knowing a formula, there's understanding why it works, and then there's something beyond both. In this article, Aaron Demby Jones explores what those levels feel like through a deceptively simple example: long division.

There’s knowing a formula, there’s understanding why it works, and then there’s something beyond both. This series by Aaron Demby Jones breaks down what those levels actually feel like, starting with a simple example: the area of a triangle.

When your gifted child receives a rejection email, the words you choose matter less than the emotional climate you create. This guide explores why parents must first examine their own reactions—the fear, guilt, and hidden agendas—before having that first conversation, and offers a framework for helping children learn that disappointment is survivable without defining their worth.

AoPS founder Richard Rusczyk has been awarded the 2025 Courage & Civility Award and is directing the $5 million grant to MATHCOUNTS to create a new program for grades 3-5. This expansion will build foundational problem-solving skills in elementary students, extending MATHCOUNTS' proven middle school model to younger learners with support from AoPS's Beast Academy expertise.

Discover why bright kids who find "hard things easy and easy things hard" need more than diagnostic labels—they need supportive systems that help them flourish. Learn how the AWARES framework transforms twice-exceptional and neurodiverse learners' unique profiles from puzzling contradictions into lifelong competitive advantages.