UK Students Struggle with University-Level Math

Education News - B. A. Birch "A new report published [...]

February 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, College-prep, College/University, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Math, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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Elementary Invention Convention Encourages Practical Science

Education News - B. A. Birch "Elementary students at Deer [...]

February 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Career, Children, Creativity, Education, Innovation, Jobs, Math, Science, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Vermont Records Poor Math and Science Test Scores

Education News - B. A. Birch "Students in Vermont have [...]

February 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Education, Elementary School, High School, Math, Middle School, Performance, Science, Vermont|Tags: Education, School|

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Financial Illiteracy and Lack of Numeracy Widespread In America

ChildUp - John ChildUp "'Financial illiteracy and lack of numeracy [...]

February 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Education, Literacy, Math, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Math is most lacking skill among students

News-Leader - Didi Tang "Of the basic skills needed for [...]

February 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, College-prep, Curriculum, Math|Tags: Education, schools|

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Pupils leaving primary school with ‘maths ability of seven-year-old’

The Daily Telegraph - Staff Writer "An analysis of last [...]

February 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), Math|Tags: Education, schools|

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Scotland may have answers to English maths problem

The BBC News - Judith Burns "England should look north [...]

February 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Math, Scotland, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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School failures and lack of jobs could lead to more riots, warns head of Prince Charles’s institute

The Telegraph - Julie Henry "Schools are failing to teach [...]

February 12th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), High School, Learning, Math, Middle School, Reading, Science, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chief scientist’s mission: spicing up maths and science

The Sydney Morning Herald - Bianca Hall "Professor Chubb, the [...]

February 12th, 2012|Categories: Australia, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, High School, Incentives, Innovation, Learning, Math, Science, Secondary School|Tags: Education, schools|

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Scotland may have answers to English maths problem

BBC - Judith Burns "A study by the Royal Society [...]

February 10th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, China, Curriculum, Education, England, Math, Scotland|Tags: Education, School|

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