They should be able to know they can go to school and focus on reading and math and recess.
When we think about Stanford these days, we tend to think about the production of math and science geniuses who go on to make millions of dollars starting tech companies or working for Google, Apple and other magnets for such talents.
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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.
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The lesson, to Mandelbrot, is obvious: Go with the math that matches the problem, even if it seems strange.
Mr. MONTY NEILL (Co-Director, National Center for Fair and Open Testing): While scores have tended to go up on NAEP at grade four--and in math they went up fairly solidly for a while--they've now leveled out.
Studies have shown that the earlier people are focused away from math and science, the less likely they are to go back to it.
Gates shares the prevailing bias of defense types that the place to go for deficit reduction is entitlements, but when you do the math it becomes obvious that nobody in the Pentagon understands the implications of that solution.
When researchers in Germany did the math, they found that the average worker would need their income to go up by a third just to offset the happiness cost of tacking on a 20-minute commute.
I'm running to make sure America once again leads the world in educating our kids. (Applause.) I want to hire new teachers, especially in math and science. (Applause.) Help 2 million people go to community colleges to train for the jobs that businesses are hiring for right now. (Applause.) And I want to make sure that every young person can afford to go to college.
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