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David Cameron swaps a classroom for a snowball fight as the Tory leader launches a maths taskforce with former Countdown presenter Carol Vorderman. ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid9830100001 http://www.brightcove.com ...
2009-02-02 09:22:00
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Can you multiply 48 times 26 in your head? If you can't, you're not alone, but you might be one day. Ruth Parker, a Washington-based math teacher and CEO of the Mathematics Education Collaborative, put the problem to parents during a recent seminar ...
2009-02-02 09:07:00
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Enough snow has fallen for everyone in the country to make a quarter of a million snowballs each, maths whizz Carol Vorderman has said. The former Countdown presenter made the complex calculation as she was unveiled as the head of a new Tory ...
2009-02-02 10:26:00
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Former Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman will head a Conservative taskforce into mathematics teaching, party leader David Cameron has said. Her selection comes as the party leadership spearheads a 'mathematics' drive amid warnings of an "apartheid ...
2009-02-02 10:19:00
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Dave Larsen writes about higher education. Kelly Mori writes about health and higher education. The University of Dayton has announced three finalists for the position of provost and vice president of educational affairs. The finalists are Joseph ...
2009-02-02 10:19:00
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The news media uncovered a variety of newsworthy topics at the 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings, which were held in Washington, D.C., in early January. Slate writer Chris Wilson investigated the question, "Can a bunch of mathematicians make government ...
2009-02-02 10:12:00
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generates prime numbers as values for n = 0, 1, 2, ... , 39, an unbroken sequence of the first forty natural number arguments. This seems to have been noticed first by Leonard Euler in 1772. Knowing that mathematics is the science of patterns, it is ...
2009-02-02 08:53:00
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Enough snow has fallen for everyone in the country to make a quarter of a million snowballs each, maths whizz Carol Vorderman has said. The former Countdown presenter made the complex calculation as she was unveiled as the head of a new Tory taskforce to improve mathematics education.
2009-02-02 10:50:32
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For the second year in a row, stimulus is the buzzword of the tax season. In 2008, almost everyone who filed their federal income taxes received a stimulus check from the federal government for $300, $600 or even larger amounts. Thad Allton / The ...
2009-02-02 12:39:00
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Proponents of vouchers and other measures that expand access to private schooling often claim that competition from privately operated schools will spur student achievement—and, perhaps, lower costs—in public schools. Critics of such policies, in ...
2009-02-02 02:19:00
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Talawanda Middle School students rank among the top in the nation, according to the results of a comprehensive assessment. Results from the Middle Grades Assessment test rank the Oxford students third in the nation for science; sixth in mathematics ...
2009-02-01 11:42:00
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A community hearing Sunday on the proposed federal economic stimulus package drew a shopping list of requests ranging from smart energy grids and wildfire fighting help to Medicaid funds and a single payer health system. On a day when many people ...
2009-02-02 01:00:00
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'English-only' effort tied to hate group Head of Singapore video software maker moves to S.F. BE&K pioneers retire, say firm 'in good hands' Ceralink inks first fed contract: $250K for energy R&D Stem cell agency OKs $58M training program Cleve Moler ...
2009-02-02 01:00:00
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Can you multiply 48 times 26 in your head? If you can't, you're not alone, but you might be one day. Ruth Parker, a Washington-based math teacher and CEO of the Mathematics Education Collaborative, put the problem to parents during a recent seminar ...
2009-02-02 03:09:00
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Nine teachers from Rowan-Salisbury Schools have been awarded National Board Certification, the highest credential a teacher can achieve. This year's teachers are: - Teresa Crawley, English language arts, adolescence and young adulthood, South Rowan ...
2009-02-02 02:19:00
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