Math News Archives

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• Why algebra is necessary; why Mom needs to get a grip on math phobia

  I almost believed Hacker’s argument when he asserted that, “making mandatory prevents us from discovering and developing young talent. In the interest of maintaining rigor, we’re actually depleting our pool of brainpower.
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• Low-income kids of color SMASH into math and science at Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC

  They are immersed in science, technology, engineering, and (STEM), conduct experiments and participate in group discussions. They are taught by leading scholars and provided access to the most advanced research equipment. Then they ...
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• Grand Valley State Professor and Student Help Develop Pothole App

  Officials with the City of Boston are now testing a new app designed to detect potholes. A mathematics professor and student from Grand Valley State University, in Michigan, had a hand in its design.Allendale, Michigan (PRWEB) August 10, 2012 Yet, another good use for those complicated formulas from advanced math class. Officials with the City of Boston, Massachusetts, are now testing a new app ...
  2012-08-10 04:02:20

• FirstEnergy Accepting Grant Applications from Educators

  AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is offering education grants of up to $500 for creative classroom projects planned for the 2012-2013 school year.  The Science, Technology, ...
  2012-08-10 11:38:00

• Dean Lawrence Schovanec named interim president of Texas Tech University

  EL PASO - Texas Tech University Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Lawrence Schovanec was appointed to interim president of the university by the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents in a unanimous vote on Friday.
  2012-08-10 11:42:30

• Humanities aren't a science. Stop treating them like one.

  Will math help determine the Illiad's historic accuracy? Image credit: G. V. Tischbein, public domain, Wikimedia Commons. There s a certain allure to the elegance of mathematics, the precision of the hard sciences. That much is undeniable. But does the appeal mean that quantitative approaches are always germane? Hardly and I doubt anyone would argue the contrary. Yet, over and over, with ...
  2012-08-10 11:13:24

• 67% math failure worry CXC administrators

  KINGSTON, Jamaica - Poor Mathematics performance at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level is worrying those who administer the exams.
  2012-08-10 10:35:30

• SIAM's W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize awarded to Ruth Curtain

  ( Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ) Awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 1994, the prize recognizes outstanding work in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory.
  2012-08-10 11:30:29

• SIAM awards Outstanding Paper Prizes for exemplary research

  ( Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ) Papers are selected with special emphasis on work that opens up new areas of applied mathematics or offers fresh perspectives on existing ones.
  2012-08-10 11:30:39

• Talladega City fails to make AYP; county system does well

  TALLDEGA — The adequate yearly progress results are in for Talladega City and Talladega County school systems.
  2012-08-10 01:02:51

• MISD faces federal corrections after low test scores

  Marshall ISD is facing federal corrective action after being in the third stage of improvement intervention for not meeting federal Adequate Yearly Progress standards, according to 2012 preliminary results released Wednesday by the Texas Education Agency.
  2012-08-10 04:04:18

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