• Newmerix Announces New Sales and Marketing Leadership - WebWire

    Superior, Colo – July 25, 2008 – Newmerix, the leading provider of comprehensive change management solutions for SAP, Peoplesoft and Oracle E-Business applications, has named Pete Strom as the vice president of sales and Greg Davoll as vice ...
    2008-07-25 04:13:00
  • mike sty - from Canada writes: - Globe and Mail

    Chris Halford from Ottawa, Canada writes: Harris voodoo economics for sure as dave ross says. What a big surprise, you cut taxes and spend big on the military, etc. for ideological reasons, leaving no cushion for a downturn - whoops. I guess Flaherty ...
    2008-07-25 03:44:00
  • Watching the eclipse - San Francisco Gate

    He calls it "the Super Bowl of Science." And when the next super solar eclipse happens this week, the Exploratorium's Paul Doherty is no longer just a scientist. He's a tailgater. He's a play-by-play broadcaster. He's an analyst. He's a gambler. And ...
    2008-07-25 04:13:00
  • St. James appoints new pastor - Daily Pilot

    St. James Anglican Church named a new pastor this week after a year-long search to find a new leader for the church that has been shrouded in controversy for the last four years. The Rev. Richard C. Crocker will become the senior pastor of the 1,000 ...
    2008-07-25 01:21:00
  • U.S. study: School test scores show no gender differences in math - Xinhua News Agency

    WASHINGTON, July 25 (Xinhua) -- By analyzing academic data from 10 states, representing the testing of more than 7.2 millions of youths, U.S. researchers found that gender differences in math scores were extremely small among all ethnic groups in ...
    2008-07-25 02:40:00
  • Math scores for girls and boys no different, study finds - Los Angeles Times

    The notion that boys are better than girls at math simply doesn't add up, according to a study published today in the journal Science. An analysis of standardized test scores from more than 7.2 million students in grades 2 through 11 found no ...
    2008-07-25 03:58:00
  • Govt’s mathematics has gone haywire - Daily News and Analysis

    Working out the mathematics behind the percentile system on Friday, Bombay High Court told the state government, “Your object may have been bona fide but the way you are doing it is unfair.” The judges also said, “You could have derived a ...
    2008-07-25 02:18:00
  • Eighth grade = Algebra I (The Pinnacle)

    California Department of Education board members are raising mathematics standards while students in San Benito County struggle to meet current standards, and local educators are concerned.
    2008-07-25 05:12:50
  • City teacher's South African adventure - Evening News Norwich

    A school teacher swapped her city classroom for a stint helping some of the poorest children in Africa learn vital maths skills. Cherri Moseley, 52, a year two class teacher and mathematics subject leader at Bignold Primary School and Nursery in ...
    2008-07-25 03:55:00
  • Math, science teachers scarce statewide - Charleston Daily Mail

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state is struggling to find qualified teachers in some subjects, especially math and science, in part because college education majors with the right skills often wind up choosing more lucrative career paths. Only 61 people ...
    2008-07-25 07:09:00
  • Award nominations for two enterprising women - Hounslow Guardian

    A woman entrepreneur who overcame a disability to start her own business has been nominated for an award. Mabel Nakato set up Holly Credit Services in Croydon this year despite being left wheelchair bound following a serious illness seven years ago ...
    2008-07-25 04:38:00
  • Economics 'dying out' in schools - BBC News

    The figures on the training of students to become economics teachers emerged from a wider annual study of recruitment into teacher training - for the year 2006-2007. Professor Smithers, from the University of Buckingham's The Centre for Education and ...
    2008-07-25 04:45:00
  • Study buries notion that girls are inferior at mathematics - Daily Breeze

    BERKELEY - A new study comparing the math scores of 7million students across the country shows what the five female researchers already knew: Girls are just as good as boys at math. The research seems to end a long-running debate over the existence ...
    2008-07-25 07:59:00
  • Judge sides with Duplin parents (Sampson Independent)

    KENANSVILLE — Duplin County has been ordered by Judge Ripley E. Rand to reopen the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics school. The autonomous stand-alone school, often referred to as the STEM School, will reopen for the 2008-09 year based on an injunction issued by the judge Wednesday.
    2008-07-25 06:37:41
  • Girls' and boys' math performance now equal (UC Newsroom)

    Girls' participation in higher level mathematics classes has risen to the same level as boys' participation.
    2008-07-25 10:18:33
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