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Math toys, tools, and games for kids of all ages. A site for parents, home schoolers and teachers, with links to great math resources.
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Parents Say Math Course Data Don't Compute - Washington Post
the math wars in prince william county are not over for some parents, but the conflict might be on hiatus. county school officials have presented data indicating that elementary students are improving in math. surveys show, however, that parents and ...
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Mandated Math Tests May Strain Special Ed Curriculum
the math tests that minnesota high school juniors must pass this year could have unintended and detrimental consequences for school districts.
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Parents Say Math Course Data Don't Compute
the math wars in prince william county are not over for some parents, but the conflict might be on hiatus.
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Districtwide Math Tests Get Revision, Second Trial - Las Vegas Sun
the exams were intended to test student achievement in math. after a disastrous performance last school year by middle and high school students, the “common semester assessments” have become a test in damage control for clark county school ...
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Districts Shelter Younger Students To Boost Grades - Detroit Free Press
amber watkins thought east detroit high school would be scary. the 13-year-old from eastpointe worried about being isolated, a lowly freshman in a sea of upperclassmen. fortunately, that hasn't been the case. east detroit in eastpointe is among a ...
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School Board Approves Annual Curriculum Report
monticello students scored above the state average on both act tests and mca-ii reading tests last year but generally struggled to meet state scoring averages on mca-ii math tests, according to the district’s newly released report on curriculum, instruction and student achievement.
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Grant To Improve Math Programs Statewide
the university of nebraska-lincoln thinks math is pretty important, and the national science foundation does, too. nsf has awarded unl $9.3 million for a math outreach program appropriately coined nebraska math. the program will enhance more than 300 nebraska math teachers' knowledge through graduate courses.
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North Carolina Middle School Sees Academic Gains With 1:1 Laptop ... - The Journal
centennial campus magnet middle school in north carolina is claiming success for a 1:1 laptop program that it implemented about two years ago in a collaborative effort between industry and higher education. through the program, some 200 eighth-grade ...
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Grant Brings Utpb Closer To Launching Engineering Program - My West Texas
odessa — awarded a nearly $5 million u.s. department of education hispanic serving institution college cost reduction act grant, university of texas of the permian basin hopes to start its own engineering program in fall 2009, officials said ...
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$9.3m Will Support Unl-schools Effort In Math
the university of nebraska-lincoln has received a $9.3 million grant from the national science foundation for a statewide program to improve math achievement for all students and narrowing the achievement gap for at-risk students in kindergarten through third grade.
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Mandated Math Tests May Strain Special Ed Curriculum
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Handwriting Program Proposed For Schools - Warren Times-observer
reading and arithmetic are getting plenty of attention in the warren county school district, but student handwriting needs some work. rosemarie green, director of state and federal programs for the district, says handwriting has "gone by the wayside ...
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Group Wants - Greenwich Time
greenwich public schools officials say they're tapping a group of school administrators, teachers, parents and students to address concerns about students meeting the challenges of work and career after graduation - possibly through a wholesale ...
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Integrated Curriculum Enhances Academics
( american society for horticultural science ) in the early 21st century, american educators are being challenged to incorporate integrated curriculum strategies into primary and secondary schools while satisfying ever-stricter national and state educational standards. study results showed that students who participated in syhp had significantly increased math scores when compared with peers ...
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Shriners Hand Out School Gifts
local shriners gave away 100 book bags to pupils at ferguson-easley elementary school this week. kindah temple #62 in fayetteville conducted the giveaway during the school for math and science’s pta open house and curriculum on monday night.
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How Good Principals Make A Difference - New York Post
the last four years have seen a quiet revolution in new york city's public schools, and early evidence suggests that it's bringing major gains for students. in large part, this revolution has focused on the city's nearly 1,500 principals. by general ...
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Jonesboro, Ar 72401 - Jonesboro Sun
jonesboro — “how many legs do frogs have?” science coach kristi trotter asked. a second-grader at the math and science elementary magnet raised her hand to answer: “four.” that’s right, trotter said, but “this frog is a special frog ...
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Return To Traditional Math Raises Questions
columbia public schools administrators plan to adopt a traditional approach to teaching elementary math next year, but details of that transition have yet to be hashed out.
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Wells-carey Teachers Tell School Board About Math, Reading Programs
teachers at wells-carey elementary school in keokuk are applying real life problems to learning math in the classroom with hands-on and visual aids to demonstrate fractions, addition and subtraction.
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Exceptional Programs At Our High Schools - Lompoc Record
the chamber works closely with the lompoc unified school district in a variety ways. it is our belief that business must interact with the schools to help ensure that when students graduate, they are prepared for the next phase of their life, whether ...
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