Australian students lag Asia by three years

The Sydney Morning Herald - Bianca Hall "THE performance of [...]

February 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Asia, Australia, China, Curriculum, Education, Math, Performance, Reading, Science, Singapore, South Korea|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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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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White House Science Fair: Obama To Announce Plan To Help Math, Science Teacher Prep

The Huffington Post - Kimberly Hefling "WASHINGTON — President Barack [...]

February 8th, 2012|Categories: Current Events, Education, Employment, Government, Math, Science, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Obama Announces Education Initiatives at White House Science Fair

The New York Times - Jackie Calmes "President Obama for [...]

February 7th, 2012|Categories: Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Engineering, Government, Learning, Math, Science, Secondary School|Tags: Education, School|

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Education failings will cost us dearly, says Nobel Prize winner for physics Brian Schmidt

The Australian - Joe Kelly and Milanda Rout "AUSTRALIA'S Nobel [...]

February 7th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Australia, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, High School, Math, Science, Secondary School|Tags: Education, schools|

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National project aims to inspire the ‘model classroom’

E-School News - Staff Writer "Run by the Pearson Foundation’s [...]

February 6th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Education, Engineering, Innovation, Learning, Math, Science, Secondary School, Teacher, Technology|Tags: Education, School|

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Want your kid to be a scientist? Start in elementary school

The Washington Post - Priya Natarajan "Many efforts are underway [...]

February 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Children, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Math, Science|Tags: Education, schools|

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