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Learning fractions is a sweet deal for Lincoln Elementary fourth-grade students in Machelle Griffin's class. Last week, Griffin used M&M's candies to help students grasp their math work. Students also played games on equivalent fractions. "With the ...
2010-03-01 05:11:00
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Turns out growing marijuana plants indoors under artificial light without soil may be easier than sorting out the state law that allows sick people to use the stuff. Since Washington voters passed the medical-marijuana law in 1998, patients have been ...
2010-03-01 05:26:00
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If you do the math, you can pay a $160,000 sticker price for a local education. At the end of the day, it’s like taking out a mort-gage.” Also, money withdrawn from a Roth IRA can hurt a student’s eligibility for need-based financial aid.
2010-03-01 06:09:00
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Other countries' students outpace America's youth in math, science and engineering. Other nations such as China, India, South Korea, Japan and the Netherlands invest far more in education infrastructure than the United States. America has some ...
2010-03-01 05:54:00
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Susan K. Treutler I am often asked how Henry is doing, and have been lax in responding. But yesterday I logged into the computer to find that my husband had put a new screen saver up for me. Henry’s beautiful face smiled at me from the screen and I ...
2010-03-01 06:02:00
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You know the saying: Ignorance is bliss. Unfortunately for the American taxpayer, when it comes to the wind turbine industry, ignorance is not as blissful as it is infuriating. According to a new report by the Investigative Reporting Workshop (in ...
2010-03-01 05:04:00
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Even before teachers at Olive Branch Elementary had the Measures of Academic Performance testing as a tool, they knew the approximate level of each of their students in each of the tests' defined areas in reading and math. "It's been nice to have the ...
2010-03-01 12:04:00
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The Richardson school district let slip a secret recently: its proposed starting salaries for next year's new teachers. While the number isn't as hush-hush as, say, the recipe for Coke, it's not a topic that North Texas school districts are shouting ...
2010-02-28 11:21:00
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At this stage in the series it’s time to shift gears, moving on from grade school arithmetic to high school math. Over the next few weeks we’ll be revisiting algebra, geometry and trig. Don’t worry if you’ve forgotten them all — there won ...
2010-02-28 11:49:00
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For 25 years, Arizona's Academic Decathlon has pitted the best and brightest students in a contest of the mind. This year, it will involve more than 1,000 students from 100 high schools across the state. But next month's state finals may be ...
2010-03-01 12:18:00
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Prof. David Bindel, computer science, and Prof. Jiwoong Park, chemistry and chemical biology, have been selected as 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows. The Sloan Foundation, which awards 118 fellowships across seven science disciplines each year ...
2010-03-01 01:29:00
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Things are buzzing at the Monarch Library, where a class of 20 first graders is working intently on laptops. On screen, the current application is Big Universe, a picture-book site, where some kids are busy reading books, while others are browsing ...
2010-03-01 01:22:00
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David Luo, 11, of Glasgow Middle School, took top honors with the overall best project Sunday in the Region VII Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair at LSU. David said he got the idea for his project, “How does a chemical reaction make ...
2010-03-01 12:18:00
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DELINQUENCY DAY in Pittsfield’s Berkshire Juvenile Court. It’s 9:15 and Judge Judith Locke is already impatient. One boy has owed fees forever. “Do the math,’’ she says. “It’s not even 10 cents a day. It’s outrageous.’’ The ...
2010-03-01 01:44:00
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In the emerging world of e-books, many consumers assume it is only logical that publishers are saving vast amounts by not having to print or distribute paper books, leaving room to pass along those savings to their customers. Publishers largely agree ...
2010-02-28 11:56:00
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