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Mathematics & Literature

Bart sumitted ago via http://64.233.167.104 (Views: 561, Clicks: 63)
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A list of literature books by math concept. Some of the concepts include counting, sorting & classifying, number, time, patterns, money and measurement. Great to start any math lesson.

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NCLB Testing Said to Give 'Illusions of Progress'

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 212, Clicks: 2)
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Harvard University researcher Daniel M. Koretz writes -- "for reasons that are politically better but academically worse, rampantly inflated standardized test scores are giving the misbegotten impression that, as in the fictional town made famous by radio personality Garrison Keillor, all children are above average."

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School violence a 'community issue'

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.abc.net.au (Views: 245, Clicks: 2)
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The Australian Education Union (AEU) says violence in schools is not just an issue for educators but the community as a whole.

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Math can be fun and easy as Pi(e)

Newman sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 255, Clicks: 14)
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It was a well-rounded day at Norman High School as students participated in Pi Day, a mathematical celebration Friday of all things round.

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Math Is Fun

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.mathsisfun.com (Views: 302, Clicks: 30)
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Site offers mathematics as well as some fun bits, and combining the two wherever possible.

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Math Cats -- Math Activities and Resources

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.mathcats.com (Views: 237, Clicks: 26)
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A site that promotes open-ended and playful explorations of important math concepts.

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Math Playground

Bart sumitted ago via http://www.mathplayground.com (Views: 255, Clicks: 28)
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Use this open ended activity to build patterns, create and solve critical thinking problems, and explore geometric shapes. Build compound shapes, explore symmetry and transformations, and use geometric models to solve problems in other areas of mathematics.

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101 Ways K-12 Teachers Use Document Cameras

Bart sumitted ago via http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us (Views: 392, Clicks: 44)
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101 ways to use a document camera in a classroom. Many that you may have not thought about as a teacher.

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New York Measuring Teachers by Test Scores

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 235, Clicks: 4)
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Other school systems, including those in Dallas and Houston as well as in the whole state of Tennessee, are also using student performance and improvement as factors in evaluating teachers. In 140 schools — a tenth of the roughly 1,400 in the system — teachers are being measured on how many students in their classes meet basic progress goals, how much student performance grows each year, and how that improvement compares with the performance of similar students with other teachers.

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A Formula for Failure in L.A. Schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 272, Clicks: 5)
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Because they can't pass algebra, thousands of students are denied diplomas. Many try again and again -- but still get Fs.

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At this school, chalkboards are ancient history

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.theglobeandmail.com (Views: 229, Clicks: 6)
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It may sound like an average school day, but lessons at David Livingstone are anything but traditional. Principal David Brook is proud to call it a "21st-century school" and the Vancouver School Board seems to agree, having recently named it a District Technology Inquiry School. It is the hub for SMART technology in Vancouver: Touch-sensitive, interactive whiteboards that connect to computers and digital projectors are in every classroom.

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Music and Math

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.msnbc.msn.com (Views: 237, Clicks: 8)
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NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams reports on the link between math and music.

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After school can be key to student’s success

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.projo.com (Views: 185, Clicks: 8)
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Teenagers operate from the gut. They haven’t learned abstract thinking or how to generalize from one experience, according to Abigail Baird, director of Laboratory of Adolescent Studies at Vassar College, who kicked off yesterday’s conference on after-school programs at the Providence Marriott hotel.

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With Mentors at Their Sides, Girls in Need Write Their Stories and Find New Lives

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 200, Clicks: 5)
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Girls Write Now, a nonprofit group, pairs high school girls from disadvantaged backgrounds who want to be writers with women who are authors and journalists.

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