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S.D. Water Board chairman loses seat
PIERRE - The 2013 appointments are in place for the Legislature's watershed task force, and like so much of water politics in South Dakota, there is some controversy. The chairman of the state Board of Water and Natural Resources, Brad Johnson of...Tags: Watertown, U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Jaspers, Natural Resource Industry, Lawyers
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Common Core, the Trojan horse
What is Common Core? Common Core is our government's sneaky, behind our backs way of introducing and teaching the communist way of educating our children in public, private and parochial schools. Home-schooled children are not exempt! Our government...Tags: Students, Education, Ben Bernanke, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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State water board chairman loses seat
Editor's note: A first name has been corrected in this story. PIERRE — The 2013 appointments are in place for the Legislature’s watershed task force, and like so much of water politics in South Dakota, there is some controversy. The...Tags: Laws, Watertown, U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Jaspers, Brad Johnson
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Districts 58, 99 collaborating to create consistent math program
Downers Grove District 58 officials are working to correlate their math instruction with the state's new learning standards as well as with the curriculum in the high school district. Officials from District 58 and Community High School District 99 have...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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Bright Minds: Debra Buczkowski, planetary science
When Debra Buczkowski was 7, in 1976, NASA’s Viking space probes were landing on Mars and sending images of the red planet back to Earth as part of their $1 billion mission. “I realized that no matter where I went on this planet, I couldn&...
Tags: Science, Colleges and Universities, Boston, NASA, Education
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Let's do the math: What are the Dodgers actually worth?
The courageous bid of the Dilbeck Investment Group to purchase the Dodgers having fallen just a tad short, I’m thinking of selling my 2006 Honda Accord. I know, and all that sentiment. So what’s it worth? Kelly Blue Book said I should be...
Tags: Dodger Stadium, Frank McCourt, Clayton Kershaw, Ted Lilly, Science and Technology
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High school graduation requirements could change
Michigan's high school graduation requirements could soon change. According to Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District superintendent Rick Diebold, when he counted at the end of last week, there had been nine bills introduced to modify the...
Tags: Students, Diebold Incorporated, Language, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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What it takes to play NCAA Division I sports
Varsity Times InsiderHigh school athletes who have aspirations of playing college sports need to know the requirements academically. And their parents should also know. Here's the link to the NCAA requirements. Among the requirements to play Division I for those entering... -
Arlington Heights school districts looking at universal algebra class
Arlington Heights School District 25, working in tandem with its local high-school district, wants to create a universal higher-level math class. The school district of 5,100 students is working with Township High School District 214 to create a...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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Techniques for teaching spelling can be used for teaching math [Letter]
After reading Pete Pichaske's article ("A new way to teach spelling," March 7), I felt spurred on to reframe the issue of mathematical literacy. Ineffective teaching strategies for spelling have also been used for mathematics (ex. memorization). ...Tags: Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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Meade School District to hold math curriculum meetings
STURGIS, S.D. - The Meade School Board is in the process of adopting new math curriculum materials for grades K-12 throughout the entire district. The materials under consideration will be on display until March 11 at the Sturgis Public Library. In...
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Happy Pi Day! Here's how you can celebrate the joys of 3.14159 ...
Happy Pi Day! March 14 -- a.k.a. 3.14 -- has become a day to appreciate the wonders of pi. This mathematical constant describes the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. It’s also handy for calculating a circle’s area,...
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