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Americans like to think of themselves as martyrs to work. They delight in telling stories about their punishing hours, snatched holidays and ever-intrusive BlackBerrys. At this time of the year they marvel at the laziness of their European cousins ...
2009-06-14 06:19:00
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After running its five-year course and $10.3 million in extra funding, Mobile County school officials said the "transformation" program brought some improvement to the five schools where it was implemented but not the marked improvement they had ...
2009-06-14 04:10:00
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The following area students recently graduated from their respective colleges and universities. The Citadel, Charelston, S.C.: Paul James Kelly IV of Lower Gwynedd graduated with a bachelor of arts in criminal justice. Bluffington University ...
2009-06-14 05:08:00
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Totally, 65,259 candidates had applied for COMED-K UGET 2009; 83.03% of those candidates appeared for physics and chemistry papers, 88.68% for biology and 81.02% for mathematics. All the top three ranks in engineering have been secured by Bangalore ...
2009-06-14 07:31:00
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Christina Melendez, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Melendez, Muirfield Drive, Royersford, was named recipient of the Board of Governors' Scholarship at Shippensburg University where she will major in chemistry. A June graduate of Spring-Ford Area High ...
2009-06-14 05:15:00
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MANILA, Philippines -- A Chinese-Filipino student from Zamboanga City took home a gold medal in the 2009 International Regions Mathematics competition held in the United States recently, with the Philippine team placing third overall among 16 teams ...
2009-06-14 07:31:00
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Until my recent visit, I hadn't stepped into the place since Cub Scouts. This is because I enter a fugue state at the mere mention of science or mathematics. My performance in high school geometry was so bad that at the end of the year, my teacher ...
2009-06-14 12:28:00
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WASHINGTON — Here's how Oklahoma House of Representatives members voted on key bills and amendments last week. A "Y" means the member voted for the measure; an "N" means the member voted against the measure; a "?" means the member did not vote ...
2009-06-14 12:07:00
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Some 80 area educators and local business leaders participated in the first Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Conference at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus in May. "Industry and Education: Defining Our Common Ground," was ...
2009-06-13 11:02:00
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The national research journal Education Next published a report in 2005 with this catchy title: "Johnny can't read … in South Carolina. But if his folks move to Texas, he'll be reading up a storm. What's going on?" Click to enlarge The report ...
2009-06-14 02:16:00
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Angel Owens receives her diploma from People’s Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Kent Ramler on May 29 during graduation ceremonies for Frederick Christian Academy. When a high school senior class has only seven members, relationships tend to be close and ...
2009-06-14 12:50:00
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Touting national standards is the cool thing to do in education right now, and with almost all of the nation's governors recently joining an effort to draft common standards, the fad has taken a much publicized step toward legitimacy. But just as he ...
2009-06-14 02:16:00
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TRENTON — Students at the city’s Mott Elementary School placed first in the state of New Jersey, and 57th in the nation, during competition in an online mathematics program, First In Math. The First In Math Program is used in 174 elementary and ...
2009-06-14 12:36:00
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Mathematician and author Jason Brown sits with an abacus and his new book Our Days Are Numbered at Dalhousie University in Halifax. (Peter Parsons / Staff) Our Days are Numbered: How Mathematics Rules Our Lives by Jason Brown (McClelland & Stewart ...
2009-06-14 02:44:00
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