--- description: Why some teachers read novels to their math classes, how AI threatens national security, and more. title: Why Some Teachers Are Reading Novels to Math Classes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Some Teachers Read Novels to Math Classes by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2018 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2018 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**This is why some teachers read novels to their math classes.**](https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50640/how-reading-novels-in-math-class-can-strengthen-student-engagement "undefined") By Kara Newhouse in _KQED MindShift_ **2\.** [**How much does artificial intelligence threaten national security?**](http://www.nextgov.com/policy/2018/03/how-much-does-artificial-intelligence-threaten-national-security/146844/ "undefined") By Jack Corrigan in _NextGov_ **3\.** [**Changes to letter-spacing could improve children’s reading.**](https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/1013/new-research-into-letter-spacing-could-help-improve-childrens-reading "undefined") By _Binghamton University_ **4\.** [**Your brain can ‘shut off’ the perception of pain when you’re hungry.**](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/being-hungry-shuts-perception-chronic-pain "undefined") By Katherine Unger Baillie at the _University of Pennsylvania_ **5\.** [**Want to fight crime? Plant some flowers with your neighbor.**](https://theconversation.com/want-to-fight-crime-plant-some-flowers-with-your-neighbor-91804 "undefined") By Marc Zimmerman in the _Conversation_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5212520/why-some-teachers-read-novels-to-math-classes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5212520/why-some-teachers-read-novels-to-math-classes/"},"headline":"Why Some Teachers Read Novels to Math Classes","datePublished":"2018-03-23T16:00:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:57:58.627Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5212520/why-some-teachers-read-novels-to-math-classes/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Crime","Education","Hunger","reading","National Security"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5212520/why-some-teachers-read-novels-to-math-classes/","name":"Why Some Teachers Read Novels to Math Classes"}}]}] ```