Organizers of a Chinese math competition say a vocational school student who finished near the top in the first round was helped by her teacher in violation of the rules.
The No. 1 team is locked in, but the selection committee faces tough decisions beyond that for the inaugural top 25 reveal in the expanded 12-team playoff era.
Even a non-math, non-electoral policy wonk like me can understand the perils of a system that potentially disenfranchises large swaths of the population, writes Cloe Axelson.