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Florida's public school fourth graders maintained their better-than-the-national-average ranking on a national math test this year, results released this morning show. The state's eighth graders continued to improve, posting the higest scores ever ...
2009-10-15 02:49:00
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Nearly 200 undergraduates and faculty from more than 40 academic institutions in North America will gather Oct. 23-24 in Knoxville for the first annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics ...
2009-10-14 11:43:00
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Fewer than four of 10 fourth- and eighth-graders are proficient in mathematics, according to a highly regarded federal test given in early 2009, adding to recent evidence that the U.S. drive to become more economically competitive by overhauling ...
2009-10-15 04:15:00
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Lecture on music and the end of life Oct. 22 Dominican University's Albertus Magnus Society will present a lecture titled "Music-Thanatology: Blending Art and Science at the End of Life" by Margaret Pasquesi and Tony Pedersen at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in ...
2009-10-15 02:56:00
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Massachusetts still leads the pack in student test scores on a national mathematics test at the fourth- and eighth-grade levels. The Bay State led all other states on the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics, with average ...
2009-10-15 02:49:00
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Flagler College's Math Program is an integral part of a student's education. The Math Program offers courses to support other departments that have major disciplines. These mathematics courses help to prepare students for courses in their majors or ...
2009-10-15 01:09:00
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WASHINGTON — After two decades of slow and steady progress in math, U.S. fourth-graders made no improvement over 2007, according to nationwide test scores released today. Eighth-graders made headway, posting gains for yet another year. In Hawaii ...
2009-10-14 12:58:00
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Illinois schoolchildren flat-lined on a national math exam last spring and showed little improvement during the last two years in narrowing the achievement gap that divides minority and low-income students from their peers, according to a report ...
2009-10-15 12:47:00
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Sean Spinney, a Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet, completed an exclusive summer seminar in San Diego -- and may have found his college of choice in the process. The Brien McMahon High School senior took full advantage of his week at ...
2009-10-14 08:44:00
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia is catching up to rest of the country in eighth-grade mathematics. A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education shows that the eighth-graders in Georgia public schools increased the average score on the ...
2009-10-14 09:45:00
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's fourth- and eighth-graders perform more poorly in mathematics than their peers nationwide, and less than a third of students tested have a solid grasp of the subject. According to the National Assessment of ...
2009-10-14 11:00:00
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M innesota's students are near the best in the country at math, according to test results released Wednesday. But a closer look reveals several areas of concern, raising the question: Is being among the best in the United States good enough? The good ...
2009-10-14 11:07:00
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. schoolchildren still have work to do when it comes to mathematics, the secretary of education said Wednesday. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says U.S. schools need to be better equipped to teach math. Arne Duncan, releasing ...
2009-10-14 10:24:00
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued the following statement on The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009 , National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) at Grades 4 and 8: “Today's results are evidence that we must better equip our ...
2009-10-14 09:20:00
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Aldermen directed city staff to draft a resolution that would disband the department. Aldermen also are considering a budget for 2010 that would hire the Sheriff's Department. Nothing has been finalized, and aldermen ultimately could vote to keep the ...
2009-10-14 11:21:00
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