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Teacher of the year: Alabama's Alison Grizzle
The Montgomery AdvertiserAlison Grizzle walks every day into a school where the majority of children are on free or reduced lunches. She sees the challenges they face, and in the urban community of P.D. Jackson Olin High School in Birmingham, is faced with teaching them math....Tags: Science and Technology, Teachers, Marketing, Students, Education
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EDITORIAL: Why Johnny can't read ... or write or do math
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewGraduating from high school, it's all too likely that Johnny can't read, can't do basic math or expect to succeed as even a community college freshman -- or in the workplace or in life. Stunning, isn't it? A new study from the National Center on...Tags: Pittsburgh, Science and Technology, High Schools, Schools, Colleges and Universities
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jim Stingl column
Milwaukee Journal SentinelPatrick Dunks invited me to his office, but only if I promised there would be no physical violence. Dunks is an actuary. And in a fit of envy -- his job was ranked best in a new survey while mine was ranked worst -- I may have said in a recent column...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Science and Technology, Newspaper and Magazine, Jack Nicholson, Insurance
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Second chance leads to Las Vegas visit
South Bend TribuneSometimes there is a second chance. Ask Michael Imus, of South Bend. He was chosen in a second chance drawing for the Hoosier Lottery. His prize was a trip to Vegas and three nights at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. He also participated in the $1...Tags: Science and Technology
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BRIEF: Voyager ES math team triumphs
The Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.)Young people typically don't spend hot, sunny spring days enthusiastically doing math, but that was the case Saturday. Thirty-six students from Voyager Elementary School competed in the Washington State Middle School Math Olympiad in Tacoma. Four...Tags: Science and Technology
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Florida needs more vocational schools
A Florida high school diploma is once again being rewarded to all students who can pass the algebra end-of-course exam (ninth grade math) and the 10th grade FCAT exam in reading. Thank you, Gov. Rick Scott, for once again changing the requirements back to...Tags: Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Colleges and Universities, Rick Scott
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Famed mathematician Ken Appel recalled fondly
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.Carole Appel said that when she drove over Great Bay on her way into Durham for the first time, she looked at her husband and said it was where she wanted to live. "I said to Ken, 'I want to be here. I want you to like the (University of New Hampshire's...Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Breast Cancer, IBM, Newspaper and Magazine, Esophageal cancer
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LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS: Patrice McNeill of SanLee Middle is recipient of Teacher of the Year
The Sanford Herald, N.C.Patrice McNeill, a SanLee Middle School language arts teacher, was named the Teacher of the Year for Lee County Schools. She received an extra day of leave, a $500 check and a $400 gift catalog at the annual awards banquet held Tuesday evening at Lee...Tags: Language, Teachers, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Arts
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American dream goes sour for Kazakhs charged over bombings
Reuters* Two Kazakh students face up to five years in jail * Both suspected of impeding bombing investigation * Central Asia homeland produces oil, run with firm hand By Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY, May 2 (Reuters) - Going to study in America was a dream come...Tags: Applied Physics, Entertainment, Religion and Belief, Music, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Diplomacy, Central Intelligence Agency, Bashar Assad, Hillary Clinton, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Allentown students can get guaranteed admission to Bloomsburg
Valley 610Allentown School District students can be guaranteed admission to Bloomsburg University as part of a new parternship between the schools. Here are the details, as provided by the school district: ASD students will be guaranteed admission, and will have... -
Children's brain mass counts for better math skills
Forget your third grader’s IQ, or working memory, or even previous mathematical abilities. When it comes to improving in math, it’s the brain’s hard wiring that counts. Researchers found that the volume of the hippocampus, a region...
Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Stanford University
May 10, 2013
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May 5, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
May 8, 2013
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May 9, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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