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Don't force higher math on our kids
I am about to be highly critical of the new math curriculum to which our children are being subjected. Before doing so, let me state for the record that I am not a Philistine. Personally, I happen to enjoy math — enough to return to school after...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Education, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Garfield linebacker pumped for Classic, preps for MIT
When a 17-year-old high school football player says he wants to apply to Caltech and MIT, everyone should take notice. Alejandro Lupercio, a 6-foot-2, 193-pound senior linebacker at Los Angeles Garfield, has his sights set on becoming a mechanical...
Tags: Football, Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sports
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McKinley Elementary School children get lesson in renewable energy
Staff WriterAbout 60 McKinley Elementary School students received a lesson in renewable energy from people who deal with the subject every day — Energy Source employees. McKinley Elementary School Principal Karla Sigmond said she wanted to get her students...Tags: Elementary Schools, Energy, Science and Technology, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Schools
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Conemaugh Township welcomes new teachers
Conemaugh TownshipThis year the Conemaugh Township middle school and high school welcomed four new additions to its faculty; Kelly Kramer, Allysa Lyons, Maureen Wesner and Candace Croner. Kramer was a student teacher at Conemaugh Township this past year. He is now...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Military, Colleges and Universities, University of Pittsburgh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Is it safe?
In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks is a Fedex employee who survives a plane crash and finds himself stranded alone on a deserted island. After years he has learned how to survive and “make fire”. At one point during this nail biter, he...
Tags: Fluoride, Dentistry and Dental Health, Abscessed Tooth, Tom Hanks, Movies
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UPJ SAT Super Series
Registrations are now being accepted for the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s SAT Super Series, an academic review for the SAT. The SAT Super Series helps remove the mystery behind the SAT exam and better prepares students for exam day....Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Examinations, Education, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president
The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Honestly though, he thought Freeman A. Hrabowski...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Technology, Morehouse College, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), White House
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La Cañada tests at the top
Last week, La Cañada Flintridge school officials unveiled strong local scores in standardized test results. This week, statistics for districts throughout California were made public, and La Cañada educators found out just how learned local students are...Tags: Students, San Marino, Science and Technology, Manhattan (New York City), School Examinations
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R. Duncan Luce dies at 87; UC Irvine mathematical psychologist
R. Duncan Luce, a UC Irvine mathematical psychologist who received the National Medal of Science in 2005 for his pioneering scholarship in behavioral sciences, died Aug. 11 at his home in Irvine after a brief illness, the university announced. He was 87....
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Irvine, Arts and Culture, Culture, Psychologists
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Algebra exam (and algebra boot camps) offered this summer for students who failed the end-of-course exam this year
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelStudents who failed Florida's algebra end-of-course exam — and need to pass it for graduation — can retake the exam between July 23 and Aug. 10 (their district will pick the actual dates). School administrators are pushing the summer retakes... -
James River seeing higher water flows
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — The James River's flow has quadrupled in the past half-century, making it one of the largest increases in the country, U.S. Geological Survey officials said Monday. The James and Big Sioux rivers have seen the largest increases in...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Technology
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Gov. Scott says FCAT/testing changes might be needed
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelGov. Rick Scott said Friday that there might be too much testing of students and that he is talking to education leaders about changes to FCAT, according to the Associated Press. But his comments, made to a group of Southern newspaper editors, didn't...
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