Math News Archives

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• AYP changes have positive effect on Alliance numbers - Alliance Review

  Thanks to changes made to Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Alliance City School District fared better than expected. Last month, Ohio was one of six states approved for participation in a "differentiated accountability" study, which allows for ...
  2008-08-24 08:16:00

• New teacher attended classes in same building - Daily Item

  MIDDLEBURG -- Dane Aucker can remember what it was like to walk the halls as a first-grader at Middleburg Elementary School. Now 23, he finds himself back at the same school where he learned how to read, write, add and subtract. "It's different now ...
  2008-08-24 09:49:00

• Obituary: Henri Cartan / Noted mathematician, writer, teacher - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  Henri Cartan, who was known as one of the world's foremost mathematicians of the last half of the 20th century, died Aug. 13 in Paris. No cause of death was reported for Dr. Cartan, who was 104. Almost all of Dr. Cartan's career was spent in France ...
  2008-08-24 08:59:00

• Online classes opening options for teachers, students - AZCentral.com

  For Sally Powers, teaching high school via the Internet offers new communication challenges with teens. The recently retired Mesa Public Schools educator now conducts classes from her suburban home office, where she tries to connect in new ways with ...
  2008-08-24 11:37:00

• School-unification foes plan series of forums - AZCentral.com

  Preserving Phoenix School Districts, organized to fight redistricting, plans to schedule forums on school unification. Political-action-committee members say they want to continue the public debate so residents are informed before the Nov. 4 vote ...
  2008-08-24 11:37:00

• City academies to take over primary schools - Daily Telegraph

  Lord Adonis, the schools minister, has said he wants to "go beyond" the present target of 400 academies, and even expand it to encompass children as young as four. He has announced that three struggling primary schools will be taken over to become a ...
  2008-08-24 11:37:00

• FedExCup system has its ups and downs (USA Today)

  Renowned golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast's formidable layout at Ridgewood Country Club drew rave reviews from players this weekend at The Barclays. The revamped scoring system for the FedExCup Playoffs? Not so much.
  2008-08-24 07:50:57

• Can Google Crack the TV Ad Market? (AdWeek)

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. Like many at the bustling Google campus here, Keval Desai has a degree in computer science and tends to view things through the lens of mathematics. Even the topsy-turvy world of TV advertising.
  2008-08-24 11:21:40

• Henri Cartan, French Mathematician, Is Dead at 104 (New York Times)

  Mr. Cartan was known for meticulous proofs and for inspiring a revival of mathematics in France after World War II.
  2008-08-24 11:10:58

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