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Hey! (Math) Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
Apologies for tinkering with the lyrics from Pink Floyd but I love Andrew Hacker for stating what should be obvious -- do we really need algebra? Or geometry, trigonometry and calculus, for that matter. Hacker is an emeritus professor of political...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Consumer Confidence, The New York Times, City University of New York
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Virginia releases SOL results; mixed bag for Roanoke area students
It's the day teachers and students either wait hopefully for or dread. Standards of Learning test results for the past school year came in Tuesday. For math, a new test has seen some scores go way down. Let's just jump right into the numbers and look at...
Tags: Academic Progress, Roanoke County, Students, Standards of Learning, Teachers
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Scores drop on SOL math tests across the region, state
As expected, the number of students passing Standards of Learning math exams plummeted this year, according to results released by the state Tuesday. State and local officials predicted the plunge as students took more difficult SOL math exams this...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Surry (Surry, Virginia), Academic Progress, Social Sciences, York County (Virginia)
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Parents visit migrant summer academy
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Josefina Coronado said her daughter used to have problems with subjects such as math, but innovative techniques through a local migrant education partnership have helped her address those learning issues. Now the seventh-grader from...Tags: Education, Students, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Guest commentary: Beware of summer backslide in learning
The following guest commentary was written by Ron Fowler, youth services librarian, Petoskey District Library I’m certain that, by the time this letter is published, our children will be happily enjoying their summer vacations and rightfully so....Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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Saturday's Calendar
Great Park Exercise The Great Park in Irvine hosts weekly exercise classes on the North Lawn. Admission and parking are free. The complete workout schedule includes health walking at 8 a.m., yoga at 9 a.m., Pilates at 10 a.m. and boot camp at 11 a.m. For...
Tags: PG Rated Movies, Health, Movies, Dada Life (music group), Kung Fu Panda 2 (movie)
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Sunday's Calendar
SUNDAY Euro Cup Screening Skosh Monahan's, 2000 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, will screen the final match of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament at 11:30 a.m., with happy hour going all day. For more information, call (949) 548-0099. Patriotic Craft Day...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Van Morrison, College Sports, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Class Acts: Christine Rehr, Bacon Academy, Colchester
The Hartford CourantAfter performing research under the guidance of a University of Connecticut chemistry professor last summer, Christine Rehr said she knew she wanted to be doctor or medical researcher. Rehr will attend Amherst College in the fall and plans to be a...Tags: Colchester, Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Technology, Engineering
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Class Acts: VernaJean Michaud, Bristol Eastern High School
The Hartford CourantVernaJean Michaud has a passion for numbers. "I've always liked math the best," said Michaud, who earned all As on her way to becoming Bristol Eastern's valedictorian. "I liked taking business classes, accounting, information processing, those types of...Tags: Education, School Examinations, Halloween, Colleges and Universities, Fairfield University
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SDSU Southeast Research
BROOKINGS - The Southeast Research Farm Field Day is set for July 10 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Research topics which will be addressed include: Evaluation of Herbicides for Weed Control in Corn and Soybeans, presented by Mike Moechnig, SDSU Extension...Tags: Fertilizer, Research, Agricultural Research and Technology, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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Students continue to improve on state tests
A decade after passage of a federal law requiring statewide school assessments, nearly 90 percent of Maryland's elementary students are passing their reading and math tests, but that success does not continue when students hit middle school.
Last...Tags: Elementary Schools, Students, Teachers, Schools, Johns Hopkins University
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Humanities have a place, even at Caltech
When Christina Kondos receives her bachelor's degree at Caltech's commencement Friday, she will represent a tiny and little-known minority at the prestigious science and engineering campus in Pasadena. Kondos is the only one in her graduating class of...
Tags: Applied Physics, Sociology, Social Sciences, Science, Biology
Aug 6, 2012
|Column| Petoskey News
Aug 14, 2012
|Story| WDBJ7
Aug 14, 2012
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jun 27, 2012
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Jun 28, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Jun 29, 2012
|Story| Daily Pilot
Jun 30, 2012
|Story| Daily Pilot
Jul 3, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jul 3, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jul 6, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jul 10, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 15, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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