• Officials’ Statements on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Wall Street Journal

    Good morning. I’m joined here by Jim Lockhart, Director of the new independent regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA. In July, Congress granted the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and FHFA new authorities with respect to the GSEs ...
    2008-09-07 02:23:00
  • YESTERDAYS: DAR holds sale at Loring Hall - Hingham Journal

    LOAN EXHIBIT AND SALE – A sale of useful and fancy articles, homemade cake and candy, and loan exhibit, was conducted at Loring hall on Wednesday last, by Old Colony Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, from 10 o’clock forenoon, until 6 ...
    2008-09-07 12:14:00
  • Born teacher - star.com.my

    LIKE many schoolboys, Andrew Ooi Seng Hock’s mind would sometimes wander while his teachers were giving a lesson. But he wasn’t daydreaming about the fun he would have after school or a holiday somewhere; instead his thoughts were firmly on the ...
    2008-09-07 04:18:00
  • How Nigerian twins set new world record in mathematics - Punch

    AS the Standard Assessment Task results for seven, 11 and 14 year-old are being published, children as young as seven-years-old made examination history this year as the youngest candidates ever to write advanced level mathematics exams in Britain ...
    2008-09-06 03:57:00
  • As easy as 1, 2, 3: Number sense correlates with test scores - PhysOrg

    Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a group gives you a good idea how well he has done in math as far back as kindergarten, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found. Good "number sense" at age ...
    2008-09-07 11:03:00
  • Innate 'number sense' boosts math skills - News.com.au

    HUMANS have an inborn, intuitive grasp of numbers that varies sharply from one person to the next and is closely linked to advanced math skills, according to a study released today. In experiments with teenagers in the United States, scientists ...
    2008-09-07 12:07:00
  • Indian teacher honoured (Gulf Daily News)

    A TEACHER from Bahrain who won India's prestigious Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) award was honoured at a ceremony yesterday. Indian School Bahrain mathematics department head V R Palaniswami is the only person outside India to have won the CBSE Award for Teachers.
    2008-09-07 04:10:37
  • Innate 'number sense' boosts math skills: study (AFP via Yahoo! News)

    Humans have an inborn, intuitive grasp of numbers that varies sharply from one person to the next and is closely linked to advanced math skills, according to a study released Sunday.
    2008-09-07 11:37:40
  • Greek Festival boasts culture and tons of food (The Record)

    STOCKTON - There is a dimension to Greek pride that draws on the nation's considerable contributions to Western civilization - to, among other things, mathematics, music, art, literature, philosophy and architecture.
    2008-09-07 10:53:05
  • Sold for £20: just two of India's million stolen children - Guardian Unlimited

    Sunita holds up a picture of her son, Rajesh, who was 14 when he disappeared from near their home in Nebsarai Village, south Delhi, last year. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain Rajesh was 14 when he disappeared. Beneath a mop of jet black hair, his ...
    2008-09-06 04:40:00
  • The gift to go almost anywhere - The Chronicle Herald

    Daniel Lewis, 17, a Grade 12 student at Halifax Grammar School, made the Canadian team competing in Washington at the World Debating Championships. (Joel Jacobson) DANIEL LEWIS is one of those young people who will be whatever he wants to be when he ...
    2008-09-07 01:52:00
  • Education report: Parents can help children retain enthusiasm for ... - Daily Gazette

    A funny thing happens to our children on the way to becoming educated: they may lose their zest for learning. I listened in awe this summer as my 5-year-old great niece told me how excited she was about starting kindergarten this fall. She is ...
    2008-09-06 11:36:00
  • Tech's IDEA Place to sponsor parents' night - The Shreveport Times

    RUSTON — Parents will soon be able to have a night out while the children are learning something at Louisiana Tech, courtesy of the IDEA Place. Not only that — the children will actually be having fun. Beginning Friday the IDEA Place will sponsor ...
    2008-09-06 11:50:00
  • Program lets new teachers fill gaps - AZCentral.com

    This fall 3,700 recent college graduates joined the ranks of Teach For America to become new teachers in high-poverty and rural schools across the country. Each of these new teachers - graduates of many of our nation's most selective colleges - have ...
    2008-09-07 12:11:00
  • Midway leasing plan hits bumps - Chicago Tribune

    It's not a great time to be leasing Midway Airport . Airlines are being squeezed by fuel prices and are worried about the airport rent they pay. Investors in public infrastructure are running into tight-fisted bankers who are insisting they put a lot ...
    2008-09-06 11:50:00
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