Our new secretary should demand that our schools get back to teaching basic math.
Too many children attending school still leave without the ability to read, write and do basic math.
But I think the country's decline in basic math skills is equally bad.
Their regulated prices made earnings and dividends pretty predictable with basic math.
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Imagine a world where they could actually read and write and do basic math for accounting -- that is how the world will change.
One-third of American eighth graders cannot perform basic math.
It just has to do with basic math.
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Students spend up to two hours a day in a computer learning lab mastering basic math and reading skills through exercises and puzzles, freeing up teachers to spend their time on advanced skills and concepts.
Sony offers up a couple of possible examples, including a crudely scribbled map, a basic math equation and a drawing of a cup of coffee, all of which ship with the device like those pictures of happy families that come with department store picture frames.
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My sense, though, is that much of the success of high frequency trading operations might be along the lines of what the 21 players discovered years ago after taking the time to work through the basic math and apply the simple stuff such as standard deviation.
This history reflects the more basic budget math that eludes most static thinking commentators, especially the pie chart lady Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post. (Pie charts of the budget reflect the most static thinking).
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"Accountability" has turned to test cramming and bean counting, often limited to basic reading and math skills.
The really basic education in math, science, and engineering is extendable and lasts much longer than 5-10 years.
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The "What Most Schools Don't Teach" clip tries to make coding seem accessible and easy for anyone with a basic understanding of math.
At Maria's school, half the students don't pass Arizona's proficiency exams, which means they don't meet the bar for basic knowledge in math, reading and science.
"For China to become a society built on technology, it needs a solid background, and math is the basic language for that, " says Yau.
Wong's big break came in 1981, when Sears, Roebuck approached him to develop and supply an electronic learning product to teach basic skills like spelling and math.
If you are using a software package like Quickbooks, this report is only a few clicks away, if you are not that sophisticated yet the math is pretty basic.
All three new tests will mirror the old GED in many ways: They will be five to eight hours long and cover the basic subjects of reading, writing, math, science and history.
The math behind this logic is basic: There are 187 breeds, only seven will win their groups and just one will win the opinion of Michael Dougherty, the Best in Show judge on Tuesday.
Manufacturing requires math, geometry, logic, basic science, engineering and technology skills coupled with a strong work ethic and willingness to get ones hands dirty.
Aimed at children between the ages of eight and 12, the projects inside each package teach a basic lesson in science, technology, engineering or math through a hands-on experience.
However, Mr. Pursche has seen several grandparents make the basic mistake of lending support before they "do the math" and figure out what they can actually afford to give.
But pi is a celebrity numerical phenomena it is simple and basic enough to be a part of the standard sixth-grade math curriculum, and yet so mysteriously complex that all the supercomputers in the world will never find its last digit.
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For math, the percent of students in the highest-poverty schools scoring at or above the Basic level was two-thirds that of the national average.
His math lectures must have been addictive because he went from algebra to trigonometry to calculus and back to basic arithmetic.
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