• EU Strikes Deal on Treaty, Ending Two-Year Political Stalemate

    Bloomberg - The Reform Treaty would replace complex voting mathematics with a ``double majority'' formula enabling laws to pass with the support of 55 percent of the governments representing 65 percent of the EU's population. European Commission ...
    2007-10-17 05:58:00
  • Grandpa thrilled to represent top student

    New Straits Times - Tan, 18, scored the highest marks in four subjects — Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology — and was awarded four certificates and STG150 (RM1,030). Ng said he missed his grandson, who was on holiday in the US with his family. “Joshua is ...
    2007-10-18 04:45:00
  • IT firm splashes $1,000 on maths competition

    Punch - The General Manager (Marketing), Technology Distribution, HP, Mrs. Chioma Chimere, has expressed worries over the negative attitude of pupils towards mathematics, saying this portends grave danger to national development. To shore up interest in ...
    2007-10-18 05:07:00
  • People with disabilities succeed at the University of Goroka

    National - Joel Silas is a Mathematics tutor at the University of Goroka. In high school, he achieved a Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition and full marks in his Grade 10 Mathematics examination, putting him among the ...
    2007-10-18 05:14:00
  • Solar race to start in Darwin on Sunday

    West Online - ... to see how he performs at speed over long distances, and to demonstrate how an attractive, practical and energy efficient vehicle can also be reliable," said Peter Pudney, a senior research fellow in the Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ...
    2007-10-18 06:25:00
  • Schools struggling to meet annual goals

    TriVallyCentral - Adequate yearly progress is a measure of academic progress in reading and mathematics. Each school in the district must meet the AYP standards to comply with NCLB. The results of the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), administered to high ...
    2007-10-18 05:57:00
  • City schools get high marks

    Cullman Times - Elton Bouldin, West Elementary School principal, said his school wants to focus this year on performance on the ARMT. “One hundred percent of our students need to be proficient on the Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test However, he said, “Our ...
    2007-10-18 05:43:00
  • Peru's Fujimori faces long, tough fight against charges of corruption ...

    PR Inside - A bespectacled mathematics professor and university president, Fujimori took command in the midst of food shortages, 3,000-percent annual inflation and almost nightly car bombs set by the Shining Path that had triggered an exodus of middle-class ...
    2007-10-18 05:28:00
  • ORHS announces 2008 National Merit Semifinalists

    Oak Ridger - Drew is a member of the high school band, and wants to major in mathematics wherever he attends college. • Landon Smith, son of Kim and Jim Smith, 123 Brentwood Drive. Landon, who also scored a perfect 36 on the ACT, is an Eagle Scout member ...
    2007-10-18 08:49:00
  • Achievement gap must be reduced

    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Economically well-off African-Americans and Latinos perform about the same as poor white students in English-language arts and lower in mathematics. Well-off whites and Asians score much higher in both testing areas. All the groups have ...
    2007-10-18 08:41:00
  • GCSE pupils stumble at the three Rs

    Daily Telegraph - Despite record levels of investment in education under Labour, almost 350,000 failed to gain five good GCSEs including the key subjects of English and mathematics – the Government's official benchmark of an acceptable education. More than 113,600 ...
    2007-10-18 06:47:00
  • Hidden text reveals Archimedes' genius (New Scientist)

    A new analysis of an ancient manuscript reveals that Archimedes' understanding of mathematics was much more advanced than previously thought
    2007-10-18 05:03:30
  • New focus on numbers in Qld schools (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

    The Queensland government aims to boost numeracy levels in state schools with a new strategy which covers more than just traditional mathematics.
    2007-10-18 12:40:32
  • Books offered enhance homeschool curricula by: admin2

    Joplin Independent - Several books currently are available to help educate youngsters. One deals with learning about diesel engines and protecting the environment, another with the link between eliminating errors and the enjoyment of mathematics. Others on a local level ...
    2007-10-18 08:46:00
  • Superintendent lauds rise in MCAS scoring

    South Coast Today - ... New MCAS data revealed by Superintendent of Schools Robert Baldwin at the last School Committee meeting on October 10 indicates that the new math curriculum instituted last year has proven successful with improved MCAS scores in mathematics for ...
    2007-10-18 10:40:00
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