Math News Archives

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• Foster grandparents program helps both children, volunteers (The Wilmington Star-News)

  The children in Karen Carlton's first-grade classroom call Amelia Batts "grandmother."Batts has been mentoring students as a foster grandparent volunteer at Gregory Elementary School of Science, Mathematics and Technology for the past seven years. She arrives at school every day by 7:45 a.m. and doesn't usually leave until about 1 p.m.
  2008-09-06 07:37:15

• School Notes (The Lakeland Ledger)

  science and mathematics award nomineesPolk teachers were nominated for a teaching award in science or mathematics in a program of the Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition and the PRISM organization. PRISM is an acronym for Promoting Regional Improvement in Science and Math in the nine-county region that makes up the coalition.
  2008-09-06 09:03:56

• EDITORIAL: Maths of teaching in English (The New Straits Times)

  The debate began in 2002, right after the proposal was made by the Umno supreme council. And it continues today, four years after the implementation of the policy, on Jan 5, 2003, to teach Mathematics and Science in the English language.
  2008-09-06 04:58:30

• The story on thinking Science and speaking English (The New Straits Times)

  MAY 10, 2002 marked a momentous turning point in the country's education history. Then Umno president, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, announced an Umno Supreme Council proposal that Mathematics and Science be taught in English.
  2008-09-06 06:56:44

• TEACHING OF MATHS AND SCIENCE IN ENGLISH: 'Revert to teaching in our national language' (The New Straits Times)

  ’Revert to teaching in our national language’ THE teaching of Mathematics and Science in English was controversial when it was introduced five years ago, and it still is. Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris lecturer Professor Datuk Dr Isahak Haron says the change to English was an ’irresponsible move’, and many students lost out because of the policy. So, it’s time to cut our losses and go back ...
  2008-09-06 06:22:36

• NewsFocus: Study reveals policy's flaws (The New Straits Times)

  TANJUNG MALIM: Five years after schools began teaching Mathematics and Science in English, tests on thousands of students have revealed poor scores in these subjects.
  2008-09-06 06:26:59

• Barack Obama's Finance Lesson (Forbes)

  The Democratic presidential candidate wants to tax the wealthy to spur job growth, but the opposite will happen.
  2008-09-06 03:11:38

• New Monrovia library opens this weekend - Martinsville Reporter-Times

  The dream of a full-time Monrovia public library is about become a reality within the next two days. A grand opening of the new Monrovia branch of Morgan County Public Library is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday as part of Monrovia Festival activities ...
  2008-09-06 08:34:00

• Teacher charged with 230 new child porn counts - Globe and Mail

  MONTREAL — A Montreal teacher charged in the U.S. for allegedly soliciting sex from a 13-year-old boy is facing more than 200 new counts related to child pornography. Richard Doucet, an elementary teacher at the elite Selwyn House private school ...
  2008-09-05 03:59:00

• let's talk life: Learning woes - Jamaica Gleaner

  Academic excellence is where it's at these days. Males tend to have difficulty with reading and many of them have learning disabilities. Some children are slower than others and some have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) which impairs ...
  2008-09-06 07:44:00

• The mathematics of historical climate change [Ready to edit] - Ars Technica

  There have been multiple abrupt changes in Earth's climate throughout its history and, in the context of the current climate debate, it has become increasingly important to understand the causes and early indicators of these sudden deviations in the ...
  2008-09-04 09:19:00

• Ministry to revise CSEC payment - Jamaica Gleaner

  GOVERNMENT WILL, this year, continue to pay for students to sit four subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, but has warned that a review of the payment scheme is coming. Education Minister Andrew Holness told ...
  2008-09-06 05:49:00

• Older schools would benefit most from DV bonds - AZCentral.com

  Park Meadows Elementary School employees recently got a crash course in what a $148 million bond issue would mean to their school and the Deer Valley Unified School District. The district's executive director of fiscal services, Jim Migliorino ...
  2008-09-06 07:15:00

• Need to ship big item? Trinity father-son duo can get it done - St. Petersburg Times

  Entrepreneurs Matt and Jim Brosious of FreightCenter pose in front of Matt’s Viper at their headquarters in Trinity. TRINITY — Shipping small packages was a breeze. But sending the big stuff — Dad's old chair, Grandma's dresser — stumped ...
  2008-09-06 09:52:00

• Pr. William Pupils Still Grapple With Math Test (Washington Post)

  New state test results show that Prince William County's third-graders are struggling to score at the highest level since the implementation of a controversial math program that was intended to boost performance.
  2008-09-06 10:14:40

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