A Pennsylvania mom got a big laugh when her daughter brought home a recent counting project from school, polling high schoolers on whether they like peanuts.

Designing a shoe One project involved eight- and nine-year-old students designing a pair of shoes, using recyclable materials, for a child in a South Sudanese refugee camp.

Project Miss, designed for high school girls, was founded by mathematics professor David Pagni to increase the number of female students choosing careers in the natural sciences, engineering and math.

BRAINTREE - Did you like doing math in school? Many people didn't. But a non-profit in Massachusetts is increasing the number of students of color and low-income students in advanced level math ...