May is a month full of celebrations—everything from May Day and Cinco de Mayo to Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. Largely forgotten in the cornucopia of May celebrations, however, is National Metric ...

The students in Shanda Sears' eighth-grade science class at Vernon Johns Jr. High School in Petersburg are taking a hands-on approach to learning how to using the metric system. The classes conducted ...

Back when I was a Catholic-school kid in northern Wisconsin, my school lessons briefly focused on the metric system. This was ...

Here’s a good trivia question: What are the only 3 countries in the world that do not use the metric system? Everybody knows the good ol’ hard headed USA is in there, but the other two? How about ...

A mural of a 30-meter-long blue whale covers the basketball court at Santa Barbara Charter School. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara Charter School has secured a $5,000 grant from the Santa Barbara ...

GATES MILLS -- Inspired by her sons and the confusing nature of the metric system, a resident has published three books, with one making a great gift for Valentine's Day. Donna Scott-Nusrala published ...

GATES MILLS -- Inspired by her sons and the confusing nature of the metric system, a resident has published three books, with one making a great gift for Valentine's Day. Donna Scott-Nusrala published ...

When last encountered, the metric system was being rebuffed by an American public not all that interested in walking 1.61 kilometers for a Camel. But even as other icons from the 1970s try to come ...