Earlier this week, top middle - school mathletes competed in the Mathcounts national championship. (educationnext.org)
The film lacks the discipline to stay on point all the time, but Fey and director Mark S. Waters (Freaky Friday) have fun with offbeat throwaway touches, like burdening an already world - weary principal (Tim Meadows) with carpal tunnel syndrome, or making a star mathlete a «badass MC.» (film.avclub.com)
, African - American female mathletes were promoted to positions of critical importance to the Mercury programme, years before the flowering of the civil rights era. (timeout.com)