Today, our kids trail too many other countries in math, in science, in reading.
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The breathlessness of Friedman's column (win, win, win, win, win ... ) combined with its look-the-other-way math hints at its desperation.
But there is a problem: While our fourth-graders outperform their peers in other countries in math and science, our eighth-graders are around average, and our 12th-graders rank near the bottom.
She says some jobs require more analytical know-how, though new hires for those teams can come from business, economics, math or other programs.
It was impossible it was thought to really truly compete with the Soviet Union in science and math and other areas without a broadly educated public.
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Many of the things we were able to teach the twins, whether it was cleaning their own spaces, reading, doing math and other things, were totally foreign to their older sisters.
About one-third of Pakistani children do not go to school and have no other way to learn math and reading than through such programming, of which they will soon be deprived unless Rafi Peer comes up with alterative resources.
Perhaps, Mr. Cooke took his math classes with the same instructor who taught those other geniuses who want us to believe that the math in the Romney tax plan actually adds up.
Comparative surveys show American children lagging well behind their peers in other major industrial countries in math and science.
At the same time, our 8th graders trail about eight -- 10 other nations -- 10 other nations in science and math.
Armed with individualized plans, students leverage Khan Academy, a pioneer of Internet learning, and other online resources to learn math at their own pace.
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Yet a January 2010 Impact Study by the federal Department of Health and Human Services that compared Head Start participants to a control group found that virtually all gains in vocabulary, math, and other skills realized by Head Start children had dissipated by the time the students completed the third grade.
Inspiring young people to pursue paths in science, math, engineering and other disciplines beyond professional sports is a passion.
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The longevity of our industry and the infusion of new and diverse ideas that appeal to ALL consumers depend on getting more women into engineering, math, design and other STEM-related disciplines.
When it seems that every other prognosticator is working out the math for the extra set of icons on the home screen, de Jong is proposing a more conservative move by Apple.
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Neely worries about a "lost generation" of job seekers and encourages young people to focus on gaining skills that are in demand skills in areas such as the sciences, math, engineering and other technical areas.
China, whose planning prowess for the past three decades may be unmatched by any other nation, has done the math and concluded a serious commitment to alternative energy sources is critical to meeting its power needs while also reducing environmental harm.
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We lag behind other nations in the quality of our math and science education.
That opportunity means taking that kind of favorable math and applying it across other areas of entertainment.
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On the other hand, there is no rational math that could possibly get anyone to the valuation Groupon thinks it deserves.
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You would think even those subjects with advanced degrees in other fields would have enough exposure to math and statistics to sniff out the bogus equation.
Other education programmes include the nationwide Metrobank Math Challenge, the national College Scholarship Programme and an educational grants programme to fund construction of school buildings, curriculum development, and teacher training, among others.
To establish this claim, Deolalikar employs tools from (one part of math ) together with some other methods revolving around ( another part .) However, while developing these tools, it appears that Deolalikar has accidentally (and incorrectly) amplified the power of these tools from something that is too weak to establish this claim, to something that is far too strong.
On the other hand, for smaller funds, the math might begin to work.
The vast majority of the research did not directly compare gaming with hours of other intense, mental activities such as solving math equations.
The math implies of course that most other players are either moving tremendous volumes or trying to enter the market for (at best) little marginal gain.
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So that puts the bottom at -- I can do that math quicker than I can the other -- 15, 000 for the bottom end of that.
C. and Baltimore (among other cities) to provide instruction in remedial math and reading for disadvantaged students, found that academic gains exceeded federal expectations for those programs.
For Maria, that meant writing up a proposal for an accelerated math class, roping in 31 other students to take part, and then literally begging the principal to find the funding.
Results showed that women exposed to cues related to romantic goals reported less positive attitudes toward STEM and less of a preference for majoring in math or science fields compared to other disciplines.
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