Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Thu Mar 11 16:33:26 CST 2010 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ Pi, Greek letter (π), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th. Pi = 3.1415926535… http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9674.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9674.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 Pi’s ongoing string of numbers tend to inspire people to write songs about it. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9673.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9673.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 After an eight month marathon of grant writing, Oklahoma was eliminated from the first round of the Race to the Top federal grant Thursday. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9672.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9672.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 Over the last decade, as charter schools have multiplied, Mr. Perkins has undergone a dramatic shift and emerged as their most outspoken critic in the Legislature, writing guest columns in newspapers and delivering impassioned speeches criticizing the “privatization” of public schools. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9671.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9671.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 A Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a poorly performing school, and President Obama’s endorsement of the action, has stirred a storm of reaction nationwide, with teachers condemning it as an insult and conservatives hailing it as a watershed moment of school accountability. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9670.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9670.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 Oklahoman Editorial -- "The year’s first large slate of bond issue proposals in school districts across the state left one clear message: Voters are solidly behind local school districts, despite whatever financial troubles they may be having at home." http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9669.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9669.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 Ten of more than 30 Dallas ISD high schools have missed the federal academic bar so many times that they are in the worst stage of the national No Child Left Behind school rating system. They represent a third of the schools from Texas that are in such dire shape. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9668.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9668.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 Tulsa Public Schools has spent or encumbered nearly half of the $16.7 million the district received in federal Title I funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with the salaries of 47 employees being supported by the federal stimulus bill. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9666.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9666.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 Some employees seek adjustments for SAD, serious depression triggered by limited daylight. One teacher sued a school district that refused to move her from a windowless basement room. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9665.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9665.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010 The Montgomery County state's attorney has opened a criminal investigation into a grade-changing scheme at Winston Churchill High School, officials said Wednesday, elevating the digital subterfuge into a major scandal at one of the region's most prestigious public schools. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9663.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9663.html Mathetude nitajo 07/03/2010