Latest Scientific and Math Discoveries

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• Gender Ratio Skewed in Comp Sci - Harvard Crimson

  Harvard may be used to bucking national trends, but in math and computer science, its relationship to the national gender gap is more complicated. Nationally, the number of incoming female undergraduates choosing computer science as a major declined ...
  2008-11-19 02:01:00

• Sounds add up to new album - North Devon Gazette & Advertiser

  A heady mix of North Devon sounds from cows mooing to trees rustling has been blended cunningly with elephant seals and deep space transmissions - amongst others - to create a truly unique music album of pop and electronica. It is the work of Renfro ...
  2008-11-19 01:32:00

• Indian education portal launches Gulf operations - Thaindian.com

  Dubai, Nov 19 (IANS) Leading Indian education portal 24X7 Guru has launched its Gulf and Middle East operations targeting over 120,000 students in the region.The portal is targeted at Indian students appearing for engineering, medicine and management ...
  2008-11-19 04:24:00

• 10 per cent of pupils fail to master maths - The Independent

  More than 30,000 children are finishing primary school every year with the mathematical ability of a seven-year-old, a report says today. The 11-year-olds are four years behind in maths skills when they arrive at secondary school, despite £2.3bn a ...
  2008-11-19 02:08:00

• Ole Miss professor named Austin Peay provost - WZTV.com

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A mathematics professor at the University of Mississippi has been named the new provost and vice president of academic and student affairs at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, the school announced Tuesday. Tristan ...
  2008-11-19 01:39:00

• Pedaling professors (The Battalion)

  From left to right, College Station resident Efrain Lopez, philosophy professor Chris Menzel, mathematics professor Ken Dykema and Blinn mathematics instructor Willie Allen prepare for an afternoon ride.
  2008-11-19 01:18:13

• Ole Miss professor named Austin Peay provost (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

  A mathematics professor at the University of Mississippi has been named the new provost and vice president of academic and student affairs at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, the school announced Tuesday.
  2008-11-19 04:22:05

• One on four pupils failing maths (Politics.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

  Nearly 25 percent of primary school students are not meeting the expected mathematics performance standard, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report.
  2008-11-19 03:00:00

• Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: TiVo, The DIRECTV Group, Comcast Corp ... - PR Inside

  Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: TiVo, Inc ...
  2008-11-18 07:34:00

• Open the minds of the young - star.com.my

  For there to be an intellectual renaissance at university level, we must have students whose minds have been primed from young to be open to new ideas. YEARS ago when my daughter was getting her UPSR results, I waited at home chewing my nails. She ...
  2008-11-18 09:50:00

• A School for Junior Doctors and Nurses, Seceding to Stay Small - Voiceof San Diego

  Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 | Fearful that San Diego Unified might scrap the experiment that they credit with their gains, teachers at a small, diverse high school in City Heights are trying to secede from the school district, forging their own path as ...
  2008-11-18 08:24:00

• Quarter of 11-year-olds missing maths target - Guardian Unlimited

  Nearly a quarter of 11-year-olds are failing to reach the expected level in maths at the end of primary school, according to a report from the National Audit Office that says the Labour government's drive to improve the nation's mathematical skills ...
  2008-11-18 08:39:00

• Bill Gates And His Silver Bullet - Forbes

  Back in 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had a big idea about how to fix the problems of American education. Break up large high schools and turn them into small schools and "small learning communities" of 400 or fewer students. The ...
  2008-11-18 11:09:00

• One in four primary school students 'underachieving in maths' - In the News

  A quarter of primary school students are failing to meet their expected performance in mathematics, a National Audit Office report out today says. The government's spending watchdog said meeting attainment targets for maths will prove a "significant ...
  2008-11-18 11:30:00

• Kentucky Students in Daviess County Double Math Scores with Everyday ... - MSN MoneyCentral

  OWENSBORO, Ky. , Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Daviess County is home to two 2008 Blue Ribbon schools. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is offered by the U.S. Department of Education to honor schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate ...
  2008-11-18 02:48:00

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